Table 1.
Frequency data for the demographic and clinical variables (N = 675).
| Variables | Mean | SD | Min/Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 45.4 | 12.9 | 16/79 |
| Time in pain (months) | 49 | 59.3 | 4/240 |
| Pain intensity | 5.3 | 1.6 | 0.5/9.5 |
| N | % | ||
| Sex | |||
| Men | 274 | 41 | |
| Women | 401 | 59 | |
| Marital status | |||
| Single | 125 | 18.5 | |
| Married | 407 | 60.3 | |
| Unmarried couple | 54 | 8.0 | |
| Divorced | 39 | 5.8 | |
| Separated | 24 | 3.6 | |
| Widowed | 26 | 3.9 | |
| Education | |||
| Reading and writing | 70 | 10.4 | |
| Primary school | 231 | 34.2 | |
| High school | 239 | 35.3 | |
| University education | 135 | 20.1 | |
| Work status | |||
| Housekeeping | 112 | 16.6 | |
| Working | 352 | 52.2 | |
| Studying | 17 | 2.5 | |
| Unemployed | 102 | 15.1 | |
| Retired | 92 | 13.6 | |
| Site of pain | |||
| Upper back | 435 | 64.4 | |
| Sacrum | 431 | 63.9 | |
| Neck | 361 | 53.5 | |
| Lower back | 251 | 37.2 |