Table 1 Patient characteristics for patients responding to the baseline questionnaire (n = 203)
Variables | |
|---|---|
Independent variables | |
Sex (n, %) | |
Male | 86 (42.4) |
Female | 117 (57.6) |
Age years (mean, SD) | 38.3 (10.2) |
Born in Norway (n,%) | |
Yes | 171 (84.7) |
No | 31 (15.3) |
Clinical setting (n,%) | |
Medical doctor | 62 (30.5) |
Physiotherapist | 141 (69.5) |
Type of treatment (n, %) | |
Usual care | 100 (49.3) |
Cognitive intervention | 103 (50.7) |
Education level | |
12 years or less | 54 (26.7) |
> 12 years | 148 (73.3) |
Employment status (n, %) | |
Employed/student | 122 (60.1) |
Unemployed/rehab/sickleave | 81 (39.9) |
Smoking | |
Yes | 21 (10.3) |
No | 182 (89.7) |
BMI (mean, SD) | 25.5 (4.2) |
Previous LBP (n,%) | |
Yes | 173 (85.6) |
No | 29 (14.4) |
Co-morbidity (n,%) | |
Yes | 111 (55.5) |
No | 89 (44.5) |
Back pain, NRS (0–10) | 5.1 (2.1) |
Brief-IPQ (mean, SD)a | 52.5 (12.4) |
PCS (mean, SD)b | 15.9 (9.2) |
HSCL-25 (mean, SD)c | 1.6 (0.4) |
Outcome variables | |
RMDQ (mean, SD)d | 9.3 (4.0) |
EQ-5D (mean, SD)e | 0.6 (0.3) |
PGI (mean, SD)f | 38.4 (14.8) |