Table 3. Comparison of sleep quality of various parametersa.
| Good sleep | Poor sleep | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | |||
| Age, Mean±SD | 43.2±11.9 | 45.4±13.9 | 0.457* | |||
| Sex | Female | 19 | 55.9 | 15 | 44.1 | 0.440** |
| Male | 29 | 64.4 | 16 | 35.6 | ||
| BMI, Mean±SD | 29.3±5.6 | 27.7±4.8 | 0.201* | |||
| Pain duration (months) | 16.8±18.6 | 19.4±30.0 | 0.629* | |||
| Night pain | Yes | 41 | 66.1 | 21 | 33.9 | 0.062** |
| No | 7 | 41.2 | 10 | 58.8 | ||
| Family history of low back pain | Yes | 12 | 66.7 | 6 | 33.3 | 0.559** |
| No | 36 | 59.0 | 25 | 41.0 | ||
| VAS, Mean±SD | 6.5±1.2 | 6.2±1.0 | 0.242* | |||
| LDH level L3-4 | Yes | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 1.000** |
| No | 47 | 61.0 | 30 | 39.0 | ||
| LDH level L4-5 | Yes | 2 | 28.6 | 5 | 71.4 | 0.105** |
| Yok | 46 | 63.9 | 26 | 36.1 | ||
| LDH level L5-S1 | Yes | 22 | 57.9 | 16 | 42.1 | 0.616** |
| No | 26 | 63.4 | 15 | 36.6 | ||
| Multiple LDH levels | Yes | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 1.000** |
| No | 47 | 61.0 | 30 | 39.0 | ||
| LEFS, Mean±SD | 31.4±14.5 | 40.6±15.0 | 0.008* | |||
| In LRP affected root side | No | 25 | 67.6 | 12 | 32.4 | 0.159** |
| Right | 15 | 68.2 | 7 | 31.8 | ||
| Left | 6 | 37.5 | 10 | 62.5 | ||
| Bilateral | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 50.0 | ||
| Affected disk herniations levels | 1 level | 15 | 36.6 | 26 | 63.4 | <0.001 ** |
| 2 levels | 24 | 85.7 | 4 | 14.3 | ||
| 3 levels | 9 | 90.0 | 1 | 10.0 | ||
*
Student's t-test
**
Chi-square test was applied.
a
Row percentage. SD: standard deviation; VAS: Visual Analog Scale; BMI: body mass ındex; LDH: lumbar disk herniation; LEFS: Low Extremity Functional Scale; LRP: lumbar radiculopathy. Statistically significant p-values are indicated in bold.