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. 2018 Oct 1;2018:4696180. doi: 10.1155/2018/4696180

Table 1.

Patient characteristics.

N = 80 Male Female
Gender, N (%) 23 (29%) 57 (71%)
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Age (years) 41.8 (9.9) 41.5 (8.7) 41.9 (10.5)
Low back pain (0–10) 6.5 (1.5) 6.7 (1.7) 6.4 (1.4)
Pain duration (years) 10.6 (8.0) 9.7 (5.6) 10.9 (8.8)
Treatment duration (years) 5.7 (5.7) 3.5 (2.5) 6.6 (6.3)
Education, N (%)
 Low 8 (10%) 2 (9%) 6 (11%)
 Middle 45 (55%) 14 (61%) 31 (54%)
 High 27 (35%) 7 (30%) 20 (35%)
Employment/work, N (%)
Full time 31 12 (52%) 19 (33)
 <30 hours a week 26 2 (9%) 24 (42%)
 Unemployed 13 4 (17%) 9 (16%)
 Disability payment (DIA) 10 5 (22%) 5 (9%)

Data presented as total group and divided by gender. DIA = Disablement Insurance Act; SD = standard deviation.