Table 1.
Basic patient demographic data obtained in self-report questionnaire (N = 1012).
| Frequency (n) | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||
| Male | 767 | 75.8 |
| Female | 235 | 23.2 |
| No response | 10 | 1.0 |
| Age | ||
| 10s | 7 | 0.7 |
| 20s | 153 | 15.1 |
| 30s | 254 | 25.1 |
| 40s | 270 | 26.7 |
| 50s | 201 | 19.9 |
| 60s | 80 | 7.9 |
| Over 70 years | 31 | 3.1 |
| No response | 16 | 1.6 |
| Median disease duration (months)a | 76 (36–144) | |
| Recent treatment(s) (multiple responses allowed) | ||
| Oral medication | 583 | 57.6 |
| Injection | 556 | 54.9 |
| Exercise | 57 | 5.6 |
| Other | 12 | 1.2 |
| No response | 41 | 4.1 |
| Additional treatments | ||
| Hospital treatment only | 904 | 89.3 |
| Other (manual physical therapy, and so on) | 82 | 8.1 |
| Both | 3 | 0.3 |
| No response | 23 | 2.3 |
| First department visited (multiple responses allowed) | ||
| Orthopedics | 622 | 61.5 |
| Rheumatology | 189 | 18.7 |
| Neurosurgery | 73 | 7.2 |
| Oriental medicine | 61 | 6.0 |
| Pain medicine | 46 | 4.5 |
| Rehabilitation medicine | 31 | 3.1 |
| Family medicine | 8 | 0.8 |
| Ophthalmology | 12 | 1.2 |
| General medicine | 3 | 0.3 |
| Other | 31 | 3.1 |
| No response | 10 | 1.0 |
| First diagnosis (multiple responses allowed) | ||
| Ankylosing spondylitis | 387 | 38.1 |
| Herniated disc | 154 | 15.2 |
| Non-specific pain | 130 | 12.8 |
| Hip arthropathy | 117 | 11.6 |
| Chronic myalgia | 52 | 5.1 |
| Low back pain owing to poor posture | 62 | 6.1 |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 25 | 2.5 |
| Gout | 9 | 0.9 |
| Plantar fasciitis | 8 | 0.8 |
| Uveitis | 5 | 0.5 |
| Other | 88 | 8.7 |
| No response | 15 | 1.5 |
| Biologics used | ||
| Yes | 310 | 30.6 |
| No | 202 | 20.0 |
| Unsure | 347 | 34.3 |
| No response | 153 | 15.1 |
| Median time to diagnosis (months)a | 12 (3–48) | |
| Time to diagnosis | ||
| Less than 1 year | 504 | 49.8 |
| 1–2 years | 107 | 10.6 |
| 2–3 years | 81 | 8.0 |
| 3–4 years | 30 | 3.0 |
| 4–5 years | 47 | 4.6 |
| 5–6 years | 16 | 1.6 |
| More than 6 years | 152 | 15.0 |
| No response | 75 | 7.4 |
| Comorbid diseases (multiple responses allowed) | ||
| Hypertension | 209 | 20.7 |
| Dyslipidemia | 142 | 14.0 |
| Insomnia | 88 | 8.7 |
| Diabetes | 64 | 6.3 |
| Depression | 50 | 4.9 |
| Acute coronary syndrome (angina, MI) | 28 | 2.8 |
| Hepatitis B | 17 | 1.8 |
| Renal insufficiency | 14 | 1.4 |
| Other | 117 | 11.6 |
aMedian (interquartile range). Chi-square test was used for analysis.
MI, myocardial infarction.