Table 2.
Patient characteristics
| Total number | 70 |
| Sex (male/female) | 27/43 |
| Age mean ± SD (range) | 47.6 ± 15.2 (23–87) |
| Diagnostic category | |
| Non-specific LBP | 35 |
| Radiating pain, below knee | 19 |
| Radiating pain, not below knee | 8 |
| Radicular pain (±LBP) | 8 |
| LBP before this episode | |
| Yes | 60 |
| No | 10 |
| Duration of current episode (months) | |
| 3–6 | 10 |
| >6 and <18 | 18 |
| >18 | 42 |
| Normal work | |
| Retired | 10 |
| No paid work | 4 |
| On benefits | 8 |
| Employee | 1 |
| Professional | 47 |
| Length of current sick leave | |
| Not applicable | 17 |
| Not on sick leave | 23 |
| <7 weeks | 2 |
| 7 weeks–3 mo | 4 |
| >3 and <6 mo | 6 |
| >6 and <18mo | 9 |
| >18 | 9 |
| Educational level | |
| Obligatory | 20 |
| Higher education | 28 |
| Professional diploma | 20 |
| Type of work done for most of work-life | |
| Sedentary | 18 |
| Physical | 29 |
| Mixture of sedentary and physical | 19 |
| Missing | 4 |