Table 1.
Characteristics of total MSK populations (Census and CATI), including group profiles by whether they have used self‐management activities to manage their MSK conditions
| Total census population with MSK | Total CATI population with chronic MSK | Population who self‐manage | Population who do not self‐manage | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Total | 3350 | 100 | 885 | 100.0 | 666 | 76.1 | 210 | 24.0 |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 1461 | 43.8 | 336 | 38.5 | 245 | 72.9 | 91 | 27.1 |
| Female | 1872 | 56.2 | 536 | 61.5 | 418 | 78.0 | 118 | 22.0 |
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Married/de facto | 2216 | 66.7 | 599 | 68.6 | 466 | 77.8 | 133 | 22.2 |
| Not married/de facto | 1109 | 33.4 | 274 | 31.4 | 198 | 72.3 | 76 | 27.7 |
| Educational level | ||||||||
| Greater than Year 10 | 1765 | 54.9 | 476 | 55.5 | 372 | 78.2 | 104 | 21.9 |
| Year 10 or less | 1449 | 45.1 | 381 | 44.5 | 280 | 73.5 | 101 | 26.5 |
| Smoking status | ||||||||
| Not a smoker | 2560 | 78.5 | 721 | 83.9 | 549 | 76.1 | 172 | 23.9 |
| Current smoker | 700 | 21.5 | 138 | 16.1 | 104 | 75.4 | 34 | 24.6 |
| Comorbidities | ||||||||
| No | 1204 | 35.9 | 271 | 30.9 | 209 | 77.1 | 62 | 22.9 |
| Yes | 2146 | 64.1 | 605 | 69.1 | 457 | 75.5 | 148 | 24.5 |
| EQ5D pain (2010) | ||||||||
| No/slight pain | 713 | 21.7 | 152 | 17.6 | 107 | 70.4 | 45 | 29.6 |
| Moderate or greater | 2577 | 78.3 | 78.5 | 82.4 | 549 | 77.0 | 164 | 23.0 |
Missing data not included.