Table 5.
Number of physicians consulted and medical treatments over six months
| Medical treatment | Back pain patients (group A) | Patients with pain in other body areas (group B) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean | Standard deviation | Minimum | Maximum | N | Mean | Standard deviation | Minimum | Maximum | |
| Changes of primary care physician | 89 | 1 | 1.6 | 0 | 8 | 125 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 0 | 20 |
| Doctor’s visits over six months | 97 | 14..7 | 12.9 | 1 | 60 | 123 | 11.6 | 9.7 | 0 | 48 |
| Medical treatments over six months | 88 | 27.1 | 21.7 | 1 | 99 | 87 | 16.5 | 12.5 | 0 | 50 |
| Physicians consulted | 113 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 1 | 30 | 152 | 5.9 | 4.1 | 1 | 24 |
| Hospital admissions | 65 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 1 | 32 | 79 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 1 | 18 |
| Inpatient rehabilitative stays | 76 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 1 | 21 | 55 | 2.3 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| Operations because of pain | 44 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 0 | 8 | 55 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0 | 10 |
| Operations for reasons other than pain | 117 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 0 | 10 | 102 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 0 | 10 |