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Table 1 Respondent characteristics (N = 256)

From: Participation and social functioning in patients with fibromyalgia: development and testing of a new questionnaire

Age (Mean/SD)

52.6 (8.4)

Sex

 

% Female

91.3

Level of education (highest level completed, %)

 

Elementary school

30.9

Secondary school

42.6

University-entrance diploma or technical college qualification

24.1

Employment

 

% Employed

80.3

Chronification (%)

 

< 1 year

2.4

1-2 years

4.8

2-5 years

13.5

5-10 years

20.7

>10 years

53.4

Perceived health status (%)

 

Very good

0

Good

2.4

Satisfactory

7.6

Not so good

36.8

Bad

41.6

Very bad

11.6

Pain impact

 

(FIQ-G, mean/SD)

52.4 (12.9)

Anxiety and depression

 

(HADS, mean/SD)

 

Anxiety

10.8 (4.0)

Depression

9.4 (4.5)

  1. With regard to the FIQ-G, higher value means higher disease impact (range 0–80); with regard to the HADS, higher values mean higher level of anxiety or depression (values ≤ 7: inconspicuous, values between 8–10: borderline, values ≥ 11: conspicuous).
  2. SD standard deviation.