Table 1.
Patient characteristics at baseline
| |
|
Norway |
England |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | Extremity | Neck | Back | Back | ||
| Gender N F (%) |
6 (54.5) |
20 (62.5) |
39 (57.3%) |
113 (53.1) |
107 (57.3) |
|
| Age N(%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
18-24 |
2 |
3 (9.4) |
7 (10.3%) |
20 (9.3) |
8 (4.3) |
| |
25-34 |
3 |
5 (15.6) |
19 (27.9) |
42 (19.6) |
21 (11.4) |
| |
35-44 |
2 |
6 (18.8) |
20 (29.4) |
66 (30.8) |
37 (20.0) |
| |
45-54 |
2 |
9 (28.2) |
14 (20.6) |
45 (21.0) |
51 (27.7) |
| |
55-64 |
3 |
4 (12.5) |
2 (2.9) |
25 (11.7) |
34 (18.3) |
| |
>65 |
1 |
5 (15.6) |
6 (8.8) |
16 (7.5) |
34 (18.3) |
| Duration (weeks) N (%) |
|
|
|
|
||
| |
<1 |
3 |
1 (3.2) |
13 (19.1) |
52 (24.3) |
54 (29.2) |
| |
1-2 |
2 |
6 (18.8) |
9 (13.2) |
34 (15.9) |
23 (12.4) |
| |
2-3 |
1 |
0.0 |
4 (5.9) |
21 (9.8) |
9 (4.9) |
| |
3-12 |
2 |
8 (25.0) |
15 (39.7) |
33 (15.4) |
30 (16.2) |
| |
>12 |
3 |
17 (53.1) |
27 (39.7) |
72 (34.6) |
69 (37.3) |
| Duration category N (%) |
|
|
|
|
||
| |
Acute |
6 |
7 (21.9) |
26 (38.2) |
107 (50.0) |
86 (46.5) |
| |
Sub acute |
2 |
8 (25.0) |
15 (22.1) |
33 (15.4) |
30 (16.1) |
| |
Chronic |
3 |
17 (53.1) |
27 (39.7) |
74 (34.6) |
69 (37.3) |
| Total N (%) | 11 (3.4) | 32 (9.8) | 68 (20.9) | 214 (65.8) | 185 (100) | |
Table 1 show the demographic profile of patients presenting to the participating chiropractic clinics in Norway and LBP UK patients.