Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of self‐rated health and unhealthy days by pain status
| Pain status | Poor health | Unhealthy days | Activity limitation | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical | Mental | Total | ||||||||
| # | % | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Presence of pain | ||||||||||
| No | 64 | 14.5 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 5.9 | 0.8 | 2.7 |
| Yes | 377 | 85.5 | 4.5 | 7.2 | 3.7 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 9.3 | 2.7 | 5.8 |
| Total | 441 | 100 | NA | |||||||
| Average pain intensity | ||||||||||
| No pain | 30 | 7.4 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 5.5 | 0.7 | 2.4 |
| Mild | 187 | 46.3 | 3.2 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 7.7 | 1.7 | 4.2 |
| Moderate | 132 | 32.7 | 5.6 | 7.9 | 5.1 | 7.8 | 9.6 | 10.1 | 3.2 | 6.2 |
| Severe | 55 | 13.6 | 9.6 | 10.4 | 7.5 | 9.4 | 14.1 | 11.5 | 6.9 | 9.5 |
| Total | 404 | 100 | NA | |||||||
| Pain intensity (Most disturbing pain) | ||||||||||
| No pain | 27 | 6.7 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 5.6 | 0.7 | 2.4 |
| Mild | 116 | 28.9 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 7 | 1.4 | 3.7 |
| Moderate | 141 | 35.1 | 4.7 | 6.9 | 4.3 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 2.7 | 5.5 |
| Severe | 118 | 29.4 | 7.4 | 9.1 | 5.3 | 7.8 | 11.0 | 10.5 | 4.5 | 7.6 |
| Total | 402 | 100 | NA | |||||||
| Pain localization | ||||||||||
| Headache | 309 | 25.5 | 4.6 | 7 | 4.1 | 7 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 2.8 | 5.8 |
| Neck/Shoulder | 365 | 30.1 | 4.1 | 6.8 | 3.6 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 9.1 | 2.4 | 5.5 |
| Backache | 333 | 27.5 | 4.3 | 7 | 3.8 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 9.2 | 2.6 | 5.6 |
| Joint pain | 206 | 17 | 5.4 | 7.9 | 4.7 | 7.3 | 8.9 | 10 | 3.4 | 6.5 |
| Total | 1213 | 100 | NA | |||||||