Table 3.
Baseline characteristics for LDH patients (ODI item 8 responders vs non-responders) presented as Mean (SD) or proportions.
| Outcome | Females | Males | dif. | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI item 8 (Baseline) - My sex life is: | ||||
| Normal with no extra pain, n (%) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001c | |
| Normal with some extra pain, n (%) | 179 (23.6) | 252 (30.0) | 6.4 | |
| Nearly normal but very painful, n (%) | 124 (16.4) | 169 (20.1) | 3.7 | |
| Severely restricted by pain, n (%) | 163 (21.5) | 160 (19.0) | 2.5 | |
| Nearly absent because of pain, n (%) | 141 (18.6) | 138 (16.4) | 2.2 | |
| Pain prevents any sex life at all, n (%) | 151 (19.9) | 122 (14.5) | 5.4 | |
| ODI item 8 (Follow-up) - My sex life is: | ||||
| Normal with no extra pain, n (%) | 268 (51.8) | 274 (54.5) | 2.7 | 0.336c |
| Normal with some extra pain, n (%) | 136 (26.3) | 127 (25.2) | 1.1 | |
| Nearly normal but very painful, n (%) | 45 (8.7) | 51 (10.1) | 1.4 | |
| Severely restricted by pain, n (%) | 37 (7.2) | 26 (5.2) | 2.0 | |
| Nearly absent because of pain, n (%) | 24 (3.2) | 15 (3.0) | 0.2 | |
| Pain prevents any sex life at all, n (%) | 7 (1.4) | 10 (2.0) | 0.6 | |
Abbreviations: ODI, Oswestry Disability Index c Wilcoxon Signed-ranks test.