Table 4.
Characteristics of patients (n = 1,733)
| % | (No) | Mean | (SD) | ||
| Demographic | |||||
| Age in years | 48.7 | (16.3) | |||
| Male | 45.2 | (783) | |||
| Education | Low | 30.8 | (534) | ||
| Middle | 26.3 | (456) | |||
| High | 13.5 | (234) | |||
| Unknown | 29.4 | (509) | |||
| Health insurance | Public | 56.7 | (983) | ||
| Private | 24.2 | (420) | |||
| Unknown | 19.0 | (330) | |||
| High urbanization rate (> 1,000 addresses per km2)1 | 58.9 | (1,021) | |||
| Complaints | |||||
| Duration complaint | < 1 month (acute) | 48.2 | (835) | ||
| > 1 month (chronic) | 51.8 | (898) | |||
| Recurrent complaint2 | 47.0 | (815) | |||
| Previous physical therapy3 | 47.1 | (817) | |||
| Referred by general practitioner | 95.2 | (1,650) | |||
| Treatment | |||||
| Treatment goal | Maintaining body position (yes) | 18.1 | (313) | ||
| Changing body position (yes) | 19.0 | (329) | |||
| Functions of mobility (yes) | 39.6 | (687) | |||
| Functions of muscles (yes) | 14.3 | (247) | |||
| Pain (yes) | 11.4 | (197) | |||
| Interventions | Massage (yes) | 34.4 | (596) | ||
| Manual manipulation (yes) | 37.9 | (657) | |||
| Physical modalities (yes) | 12.0 | (208) | |||
| Exercise therapy (yes) | 65.8 | (1,141) | |||
| Information/advice (yes) | 27.1 | (469) | |||
| Number of treatment sessions | 9.9 | (6.6) | |||
1 [27]
2 recurrent complaint is defined as a complaint appearing after a complaint-free episode lasting at least four weeks and at most two years
3 for the same or other complaint