Table 1 Characteristics of participants
Female (n = 143) | Male (n = 76) | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 56.27 (SD 13.27) | 52.75 (SD 14.10) | 0.073 | |
Professional status n (%) | Active | 42 (52.5) | 38 (47,5) | 0.001 |
Unemployed | 23 (74,19) | 8 (25,81) | ||
Sick-leave | 19 (67,86) | 9 (32,14) | ||
Retired | 37 (63,79) | 21 (36,21) | ||
House-wife | 22 (100) | 0 (0) | ||
Educational level n (%) | Low | 56 (73,68) | 20 (26,32) | 0.247 |
Medium | 50 (60,98) | 32 (39,02) | ||
High | 30 (58,82) | 21 (41,18) | ||
Illiteracy | 4 (57,14) | 3 (42,86) | ||
Affected shoulder n (%) | Dominant | 75 (60.50) | 49 (39.50) | 0.118 |
Non-dominant | 69 (71.10) | 28 (28.9) | ||
Diagnosis n (%) | Shoulder pain | 36 (63,16) | 21 (36,84) | 0.505 |
Frozen shoulder | 11 (84,62) | 2 (15,38) | ||
Subacromial | 19 (70,37) | 8 (29,63) | ||
Tendon | 29 (63,04) | 17 (36,96) | ||
Surgery | 26 (59,09) | 18 (40,91) | ||
Fracture | 11 (68,75) | 5 (31,25) | ||
Instability | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | ||