Table 1.
The sociodemographic characteristics of the participants
| Sex [N (%)] | |
| Men | 59 (51.3%) |
| Women | 56 (48.7%) |
| Age | |
| Range (min–max) | 26–60 |
| Mean (±SD) | 48.8 (±7.83) |
| Education [N (%)] | |
| Elementary | 20 (17.4%) |
| Occupational | 39 (33.9%) |
| Secondary non-completed | 9 (7.8%) |
| Secondary completed | 27 (23.5%) |
| University non-completed | 7 (6.1%) |
| University completed | 13 (11.3%) |
| Marital status [N (%)] | |
| Married | 92 (80.0%) |
| Divorced/separated | 11 (9.6%) |
| Widowed | 6 (5.2%) |
| Single | 6 (5.2%) |
| Character of symptoms [N (%)] | |
| Irritative signs | 75 (65.2%) |
| Deficiency signs | 40 (34.8%) |
| Lesion lateralization [N (%)] | |
| Left | 36 (31.3%) |
| Right | 31 (27.0%) |
| Bilateral | 48 (41.7%) |
| Cause of LBP [N (%)] | |
| Discopathy | 34 (29.6%) |
| Degenerative changes | 33 (28.7%) |
| Protruded nucleus pulposus | 24 (20.9%) |
| Hernia | 24 (20.9%) |
| Disease duration (years) | |
| Range (min–max) | 0.6–34 |
| Mean (±SD) | 12.33 (±8.61) |
| Pain severity | |
| Range (min–max) | 12–60 |
| Mean (±SD) | 38.25 (±11.58) |