Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the study sample.
| Overall (N = 108) | |
|---|---|
| Age | |
| Mean (SD) | 56.7 (11.3) |
| Gender (N, %) | |
| Female | 83 (76.9%) |
| Male | 25 (23.1%) |
| Marital status | |
| Divorced | 7 (6.5%) |
| Married | 89 (82.4%) |
| Single | 4 (3.7%) |
| Widowed | 8 (7.4%) |
| Education | |
| High school | 40 (37.0%) |
| Higher education | 32 (29.6%) |
| Middle school | 36 (33.3%) |
| Occupational status | |
| Employed | 47 (43.5%) |
| Retired | 50 (46.3%) |
| Unemployed | 11 (10.2%) |
| Diagnosis | |
| Chronic post-surgical pain | 4 (3.7%) |
| Coxarthrosis | 3 (2.8%) |
| Gonarthrosis | 4 (3.7%) |
| Osteoarthritis | 30 (27.8%) |
| Other arthritis types | 4 (3.7%) |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 24 (22.2%) |
| Rheumatoid polyarthritis | 10 (9.3%) |
| Spondylosis | 29 (26.9%) |