Table 3.
Subjective disabilities and school absence in preadolescents with traumatic-and non-traumatic lower limb pain
Variable | Traumatic lower limb pain N = 54 | Non-traumatic lower limb pain N = 104 | P |
Subjective pain disabilities, N (%) | |||
Pain disturbing sleeping | 15 (27.7) | 32 (30.8) | 0.70 |
Pain disturbing sitting during class | 3 (5.6) | 4 (3.8) | 0.62 |
Pain disturbing walking > 1 km | 27 (50.0) | 36 (34.6) | 0.06 |
Pain disturbing physical exercise class | 21 (38.9) | 21 (20.2) | 0.01 |
Pain disturbs hobbies | 13 (24.1) | 15 (14.4) | 0.13 |
Subjective disability index, Mean (SD) | 1.45 (1.1) | 1.04 (1.0) | 0.02 |
School absence due to pain, N (%) | |||
One day or more | 12 (22) | 18 (17) | 0.52 |
1–2 days | 9 (17) | 11 (11) | 0.31 |
3–7 days | 2 (4) | 5 (5) | 1.0 |
> 7 days | 1 (2) | 2 (2) | 1.0 |