Do socio-demographic characteristics and/or health status explain the magnitude of differences between patient and general public utility values? A chronic low back pain patients case study

Table 2 Participant characteristics

Participant characteristic		All participants (n = 5037)
Socio-demographic	Age (years) [mean (SD)]	50.5 (14.9)
	Female [n (%)]	2921 (58.0)
	Educational level [n (%)]
	Low	3579 (71.1)
	Intermediate	401 (8.0)
	High	1056 (21.0)
	Social support (yes) [n (%)]	2862 (56.8)
Health Status	Back pain intensity (0–10) [mean (SD)]	7.1 (1.7)
	Leg pain intensity (0–10) [mean (SD)]	5.3 (3.2)
	Functional status (Oswestry Disability Index 0- range: 0-	42.7 (15.9)
	100) [mean (SD)]
	Comorbidities (yes) [n (%)]	1486 (29.5)
	Catastrophizing (yes) [n (%)]	1886 (37.5)
	Positive treatment expectations (yes) [n (%)]	2873 (57.1)

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