Table 1.

Participants’ characteristics.

Number of patients (n = 135)
Patient background
Age (yrs)	60.8 ± 19.0
Gender (male/female)	48 (35.6%)/87 (64.4%)
Pain site
Cranio-cervical	32 (23.7%)
Upper limb	23 (17.0%)
Trunk	70 (51.9%)
Lower limb	65 (48.2%)
Caregiver relation with patient
Spouse	64 (47.4%)
Child	36 (26.7%)
Parent	24 (17.8%)
Others	11 (8.2%)
Caregiver and patient living together	101 (74.8%)

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviations for continuous variables and as numbers (proportions) for categorical variables.