Table 2. Pain Profile in schoolchildren.
| Categorical variables | Male (n = 292) |
Female (n = 268) |
p-value |
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Pain complaint | 123 (42.12) | 161 (60.07) | (χ2(5.534); p = 0.01)* |
| Pain at the moment | 52 (17.80) | 90 (33.58) | (χ2(10.310); p = 0.00)* |
| Cervical pain | 73 (25.00) | 101 (36.86) | (χ2(5.113); p = 0.02)* |
| Thoracic spine pain | 69 (23.63) | 87 (31.75) | (χ2(2.747); p = 0.09) |
| Low back pain | 45 (15.41) | 62 (22.62) | (χ2(3.264); p = 0.07) |
| 1 region of the spine | 67 (22.94) | 92 (34.32) | (χ2(4.096); p = 0.04)* |
| 2 regions of the spine | 38 (13.01) | 43 (16.04) | (χ2(0.580); p = 0.44) |
| 3 regions of the spine | 13 (4.45) | 22 (8.20) | (χ2(2.397); p = 0.12) |
| Cervical pain | Male (n = 73) |
Female (n = 101) |
p-value |
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Cervical pain mild | 44 (60.27) | 47 (46.53) | (χ2(0.749); p = 0.38) |
| Cervical pain medium | 22 (30.13) | 34 (33.66) | (χ2(0.039); p = 0.84) |
| Cervical pain Strong | 5 (6.84) | 16 (15.84) | (χ2(1.870); p = 0.17) |
| Cervical pain Unbearable | 2 (2.73) | 4 (3.96) | (χ2(0.000); p = 1.00) |
| 7x per week | 1 (1.36) | 7 (6.93) | (χ2(1.665); p = 0.19) |
| 4–6 x per week | 5 (6.84) | 6 (5.94) | (χ2(0.008); p = 0.93) |
| 1–3x per week | 20 (27.39) | 30 (29.70) | (χ2(0.007); p = 0.93) |
| 1–4x per month | 21 (28.76) | 31 (30.69) | (χ2(0.002); p = 0.96) |
| 1–4x per year | 26 (35.61) | 27 (26.73) | (χ2(0.570); p = 0.45) |
| Thoracic spine pain | Male (n = 69) |
Female (n = 87) |
p-value |
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Thoracic spine pain mild | 38 (55.07) | 47 (54.02) | (χ2(0.004); p = 0.94) |
| Thoracic spine pain medium | 18 (26.08) | 22 (25.28) | (χ2(0.008); p = 0.92) |
| Thoracic spine pain Strong | 9 (13.04) | 14 (16.09) | (χ2(0.055); p = 0.81) |
| Thoracic spine pain unbearable | 4 (5.79) | 4 (4.59) | (χ2(0.002); p = 0.96) |
| 7x per week | 4 (5.79) | 3 (3.44) | (χ2(1.583); p = 0.20) |
| 4–6 x per week | 6 (8.69) | 4 (4.59) | (χ2(0.414); p = 0.51) |
| 1–3x per week | 21 (30.43) | 27 (31.03) | (χ2(0.012); p = 0.91) |
| 1–4x per month | 24 (34.78) | 33 (37.93) | (χ2(0.015); p = 0.90) |
| 1–4x per year | 14 (20.28) | 20 (22.98) | (χ2(0.018); p = 0.89) |
| Low back pain | Male (n=45) |
Female (n=62) |
p-value |
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Low back pain mild | 29 (64.44) | 29 (46.77) | (χ2(0.665); p = 0.41) |
| Low back pain medium | 8 (17.77) | 21 (33.87) | (χ2(1.446); p = 0.22) |
| Low back pain Strong | 5 (11.11) | 7 (11.29) | (χ2(0.080); p = 0.77) |
| Low back pain unbearable | 3 (6.66) | 5 (8.06) | (χ2(0.014); p = 0.90) |
| 7x per week | 1 (2.22) | 2 (3.22) | (χ2(0.085); p = 0.77) |
| 4–6 x per week | 4 (8.88) | 4 (6.45) | (χ2(0.005); p = 0.94) |
| 1–3x per week | 12 (26.66) | 20 (32.25) | (χ2(0.065); p = 0.79) |
| 1–4x per month | 17 (37.77) | 24 (38.70) | (χ2(0.015); p = 0.90) |
| 1–4x per year | 11 (24.44) | 12 (19.35) | (χ2(0.076); p = 0.78) |
Note: n = Number of students; p-value = value of significance; * = p ≤ 0.05 according χ2 Chi-square test; (%) = Gender-proportional sampling value.