Table 2 Description of pain and differences between T1 and T2 for all (N = 309) and for woman (N = 252) and men (N = 57) separately

Average pain score^a

1.57 (1.79)

1.8 (1.9)

0.012*

1.74 (1.9)

2.0 (1.9)

0.040*

0.9 (1.1)

1.2 (1.49)

0.002*

Pain interference, activity^b

1.5 (2.0)

1.5 (1.8)

0.505

1.6 (2.09)

1.6 (2.2)

0.401

1.0 (1.4)

0.7 (1.1)

0.588

Pain interference, emotions^b

1.6 (1.9)

1.8 (2.2)

0.007*

1.7 (2.0)

2.0 (2.2)

0.018*

1.1 (1.4)

1.1 (1.4)

0.165

Pain duration

0.014*

0.025*

0.548

No pain

122 (40%)

94 (30%)

94 (37%)

71 (28%)

28 (41%)

23 (40%)

 ≤ 3 months

50 (16%)

60 (19%)

41 (16%)

47 (19%)

9 (16%)

13 (23%)

 > 3 months

137 (44%)

155 (50%)

117 (47%)

134 (53%)

20 (35%)

21 (37%)

Pain analgesics in the past 4 weeks

0.175

0.556

0.115

Yes

83 (60%)

171 (55%)

154 (61%)

148 (59%)

31 (54%)

23 (40%)

No

124 (40%)

138 (45%)

98 (39%)

104 (41%)

26 (46%)

34 (60%)

Frequency of pain analgesics in the past 4 weeks

0.805

0.846

Daily

17 (9%)

23 (14%)

14 (9%)

18 (12%)

3 (10%)

5 (22%)

Every week, but not daily

35 (19%)

34 (20%)

31 (20%)

32 (22%)

4 (13%)

2 (8%)

Less often than every week

132 (71%)

112 (65%)

108 (70%)

96 (65%)

24 (77%)

16 (70%)

No intake

1 (0.5%)

2 (1%)

1 (1%)

2 (1%)

-

-

Family pain

0.317

0.267

0.446

Yes

135 (44%)

148 (48%)

117 (46%)

115 (45%)

18 (32%)

13 (23%)

No

138 (45%)

128 (41%)

107 (43%)

115 (46%)

31 (54%)

33 (58%)

Don’t know

36 (11%)

33 (11%)

28 (11%)

22 (9%)

8 (14%)

11 (19%)

Chronic illness

0.176

0.162

1.000

Yes

76 (25%)

75 (24%)

61 (24%)

59 (24%)

15 (26%)

16 (28%)

No

230 (74%)

226 (73%)

188 (75%)

185 (73%)

42 (74%)

41 (72%)

Don’t know

3 (1%)

8 (2%)

3 (1%)

8 (3%)