Table 1.

Description of the quantitative variables for all participants, by sex, and by ‘referred by’

Characteristics	All	Males	Females	p
Total, n	292	137	155
Age (years), mean ± SD (range)	51.1 ± 11.0 (25–77)	51.5 ± 11.1 (27–77)	50.7 ± 10.9 (25–76)	0.522
Referred by	Primary Care	Other Specialties	Own Free-Will	p
Total, n
All	99	116	77
Males	45	61	31
Females	54	55	46
Age (years), mean ± SD (range)
All	50.0 ± 10.9 (29–77)	53.0 ± 10.9 (25–77)	48.7 ± 10.9 (26–72)	0.084
Males	51.4 ± 11.0 (29–77)	53.6 ± 10.6 (28–77)	47.8 ± 11.7 (27–66)	0.122
Females	48.9 ± 10.8 (29–70)	52.3 ± 11.3 (25–76)	50.9 ± 10.3 (26–72)	0.248
Motivation scales (scores), mean ± SD (range)
All
RT	7.9 ± 1.6 (3–10)	7.8 ± 1.5 (4–10)	8.2 ± 1.4 (5–10)	0.340
HMPMT	13.8 ± 2.4 (6–18)	12.6 ± 2.7 (3–18)	13.5 ± 2.9 (5–18)	0.003
KWT	11.6 ± 2.6 (5–15)	11.2 ± 2.6 (5–15)	11.7 ± 2.4 (7–15)	0.302
VAS	8.1 ± 1.8 (0–10)	7.7 ± 2.1 (0–10)	8.2 ± 1.7 (0–10)
MD (SE) (95% CI)*		1.2 (0.4) (0.3–2.1)
Males
RT	7.9 ± 1.6 (3–10)	7.9 ± 1.5 (4–10)	8.5 ± 1.3 (6–10)	0.122
HMPMT	14.2 ± 2.3 (10–18)	12.7 ± 2.7 (7–18)	13.5 ± 3.1 (7–18)	0.021
KWT	11.3 ± 2.6 (7–15)	10.9 ± 2.6 (5–15)	12.3 ± 2.6 (7–15)	0.054
VAS	8.3 ± 1.9 (0–10)	7.9 ± 1.9 (2–10)	8.5 ± 1.6 (4–10)	0.216
MD (SE) (95% CI)*		1.5 (0.5) (0.2–2.8)
Females
RT	7.9 ± 1.7 (4–10)	7.8 ± 1.6 (4–10)	7.9 ± 1.4 (5–10)	0.890
HMPMT	13.4 ± 2.5 (6–18)	12.4 ± 2.8 (3–18)	13.5 ± 2.7 (5–18)	0.068
KWT	11.8 ± 2.7 (5–15)	11.5 ± 2.7 (5–15)	11.3 ± 2.3 (7–15)	0.475
VAS	8.0 ± 1.7 (3–10)	7.5 ± 2.3 (0–10)	8 ± 1.7 (0–10)	0.733

RT: Richmond Test. HMPMT: Henri Mondor Paris Motivation Test. KWT: Khiwji-Watts Test. VAS: Visual Analogue Scale. SD: standard deviation. MD: means differences. SE: standard error.

^*Primary Care versus Other Specialties for HMPMT.