Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with CWP (n = 152).
Gender n (%) | |
Women | 138 (91) |
Men | 14 (9) |
Age (Yrs) | |
Mean (SD) | 46.3 (14) |
Median (range) | 46 (19–80) |
Family situation n (%) | |
Single | 26 (17) |
Single with children | 14 (9) |
Living with parents and siblings | 4 (3) |
Living with other adult with children | 55 (36) |
Living with other adult without children | 53 (35) |
Country of birth n (%) | |
Sweden | 134 (88) |
European country excl. Sweden | 13 (9) |
Rest of the world | 5 (3) |
Education n(%) | |
Low | 24 (16) |
Intermediate | 91 (60) |
High | 23 (15) |
Other | 14 (9) |
Work status n (%) | |
Employed full time | 28 (18) |
Employed part time | 9 (6) |
Unemployed | 22 (15) |
Student | 11 (17) |
Sick leave | 45 (30) |
Disability pension | 23 (15) |
Retired | 14 (9) |
Occupational groups n (%) | |
Administration and management | 14 (9) |
Health care, social care and commercial | 52 (34) |
Production and transport | 19 (13) |
Occupation requiring high or advanced education | 16 (11) |
Not specified | 51 (34) |
SF-36 Self-reported health, Mean (SD) | |
BP bodily pain (n = 151) | 24 (15) |
PCS physical component score (n = 148) | 28 (8) |
MCS mental component score (n = 148) | 36 (13) |
Health transition (n = 151) n (%) | |
Much better | 5 (3) |
Slightly better | 12 (8) |
The same | 44 (29) |
Slightly worse | 49 (33) |
Much worse | 41 (27) |
Form of pain (n = 143) n (%) | |
Periodical | 18 (13) |
Persisting | 125 (87) |
Pain duration (n = 144) (Yrs) | |
Mean (SD) | 16 (11) |
Median (range) | 13 (2–49) |
Pain according to Manchester definition n (%) | 114 (75) |
HADS Anxiety symptoms (n = 149) n (%) | |
Cases | 49 (33) |
HADS Depressive symptoms (n = 148) | |
Cases | 48 (32) |