Table 1.
Age, gender and pain reporting for those responding to the baseline and the follow-up, and those only responding to the baseline survey.
Baseline for responders to both surveys n = 12607 | Baseline for those responding only to the baseline survey n = 1948 | |
Age, years mean (sd) | 57.2 (6) | 56.5 (6) |
Women/men, % | 56/44 | 54/46 |
Neck pain, % | ||
Never | 38 | 32 |
Occassionally or sometimes | 42 | 42 |
Often or all the time | 20 | 26 |
Shoulder pain, % | ||
Never | 36 | 31 |
Occassionally or sometimes | 43 | 42 |
Often or all the time | 21 | 28 |
Hand/elbow pain, % | ||
Never | 51 | 45 |
Occassionally or sometimes | 33 | 32 |
Often or all the time | 16 | 22 |
Low back pain, % | ||
Never | 31 | 29 |
Occassionally or sometimes | 51 | 44 |
Often or all the time | 19 | 27 |