Table 1.
Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with CWP (n = 152).
| Gender n (%) | |
| Women | 138 (91) |
| Men | 14 (9) |
| Age (Yrs) | |
| Mean (SD) | 46.3 (14) |
| Median (range) | 46 (19–80) |
| Family situation n (%) | |
| Single | 26 (17) |
| Single with children | 14 (9) |
| Living with parents and siblings | 4 (3) |
| Living with other adult with children | 55 (36) |
| Living with other adult without children | 53 (35) |
| Country of birth n (%) | |
| Sweden | 134 (88) |
| European country excl. Sweden | 13 (9) |
| Rest of the world | 5 (3) |
| Education n(%) | |
| Low | 24 (16) |
| Intermediate | 91 (60) |
| High | 23 (15) |
| Other | 14 (9) |
| Work status n (%) | |
| Employed full time | 28 (18) |
| Employed part time | 9 (6) |
| Unemployed | 22 (15) |
| Student | 11 (17) |
| Sick leave | 45 (30) |
| Disability pension | 23 (15) |
| Retired | 14 (9) |
| Occupational groups n (%) | |
| Administration and management | 14 (9) |
| Health care, social care and commercial | 52 (34) |
| Production and transport | 19 (13) |
| Occupation requiring high or advanced education | 16 (11) |
| Not specified | 51 (34) |
| SF-36 Self-reported health, Mean (SD) | |
| BP bodily pain (n = 151) | 24 (15) |
| PCS physical component score (n = 148) | 28 (8) |
| MCS mental component score (n = 148) | 36 (13) |
| Health transition (n = 151) n (%) | |
| Much better | 5 (3) |
| Slightly better | 12 (8) |
| The same | 44 (29) |
| Slightly worse | 49 (33) |
| Much worse | 41 (27) |
| Form of pain (n = 143) n (%) | |
| Periodical | 18 (13) |
| Persisting | 125 (87) |
| Pain duration (n = 144) (Yrs) | |
| Mean (SD) | 16 (11) |
| Median (range) | 13 (2–49) |
| Pain according to Manchester definition n (%) | 114 (75) |
| HADS Anxiety symptoms (n = 149) n (%) | |
| Cases | 49 (33) |
| HADS Depressive symptoms (n = 148) | |
| Cases | 48 (32) |