Table 1.

Pain and disability data for patients with neck pain

Variable	Mean (SD) or number (%)
Duration of pain (months)	67 (63)
Frequency of pain	Occasionally 22/54 (41%)
	Often 26/54 (48%)
	Constant 6/54 (11%)
Neck pain intensity, when at worst (0–10 NRS)	4.4 (2.2)
Neck pain intensity, when at best (0–10 NRS)	1.9 (1.5)
Neck pain intensity, average (0–10 NRS)	2.8 (1.5)
Neck pain intensity at end of busy day (0–10 NRS)	3.5 (2.2)
Radiating pain	22/54 (41%)
Frequency of radiating pain (if present; N = 22)	Occasionally 11/22 (50%)
	Often 9/22 (41%)
	Constant 2/22 (9%)
Radiating pain intensity (if present; N = 22)	3.0 (1.0)
Difficulties swallowing	2/53 (4%)
Concurrent headache	19/53 (36%)
Sensory disturbances in arm or hand	24/53 (46%)
Impairment of motor function/manual dexterity	6/53 (11%)
Difficulties getting to sleep due to neck pain	Never 18/52 (35%)
	Occasionally 26/52 (50%)
	Often 7/52 (13%)
	Constant 1/52 (2%)
Waking in the night due to neck pain	Never 38/52 (73%)
	Occasionally 12/52 (23%)
	Often 2/52 (4%)
	Constant 0/52 (0%)
Restricted social life due to neck pain	Never 38/52 (73%)
	Occasionally 12/52 (23%)
	Often 2/52 (4%)
	Constant 0/52 (0%)
Restricted ability to do housework due to neck pain	Never 29/52 (56%)
	Occasionally 21/52 (40%)
	Often 2/52 (4%)
	Constant 0/52 (0%)
Restricted work capacity due to neck pain (where applicable, N = 27)	Never 23/27 (85%)
	Occasionally 4/27 (15%)
	Often 0/27 (0%)
	Constant 0/27 (0%)
Use of over-the-counter analgesics	17/54 (31%)
Visit to the doctor in the last 6 months due to neck pain	8/52 (15%)
Conservative treatment for neck pain in last 6 months	11/52 (21%)
Operative treatment for neck pain in last 12 months	0/52 (0%)

Data are from a maximum N = 54; where N < 54 this was due to occasional missing answers within the questionnaire