Table 1.
Baseline characteristics for acute and chronic patients
| |
Acute |
Chronic |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| |
(< 4 weeks) |
(> 12 weeks) |
|
| (N = 274) | (N = 255) | ||
| Gender (Male) |
112 (40.9) |
89 (34.9) |
0.157 |
| Age (years) |
40.0 (±12.58) |
41.8 (±13.87) |
0.114 |
| In paid employment |
235 (86.7) |
200 (79.1) |
0.020* |
| Taking pain meds |
101 (37.0) |
66 (25.9) |
0.006* |
| Radiculopathy present |
34 (12.5) |
29 (11.4) |
0.691 |
| Previous episodes: |
|
|
|
| None |
109 (40.5) |
116 (47.5) |
0.0001* |
| 1–3 |
82 (30.5) |
25 (10.2) |
|
| 4 or more |
78 (29.0) |
103 (42.2) |
|
| Trauma onset |
32 (11.7) |
40 (15.7) |
0.179 |
| Smoker |
61 (22.8) |
56 (22.6) |
0.96 |
| In good health |
197 (73.0) |
138 (54.4) |
0.001* |
| Dizziness present | 51 (44.7) | 64 (45.1) | 0.957 |
Values are numbers (%). N = number of observations. * = p < 0.05.