Table 3.
Characteristics of pain reported by nurses and physiotherapists.
| Total Population (N = 544) |
Physiotherapists (n1 = 240) |
Nurses (n2 = 304) |
p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spinal pain experienced during working life | Yes | 517 (95.0%) | 220 (90.9%) | 297 (97.7%) | |
| No | 27 (5.0%) | 20 (9.1%) | 7 (2.3%) | ||
| Intensity of pain episodes (VAS) | Mean (SD) | 4.94 (1.6) | 4.64 (1.6%) | 5.37 (1.3) | 0.0000 1 |
| Range | 0–10 | 0–10 | 2–8 | ||
| Me | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| (95% CI) | (4.8; 5.1) | (4.4; 4.8) | (5.2; 5.6) | ||
| First episode of spinal pain (years) | 1 year ago | 69 (13.1%) | 52 (23.2%) | 17 (5.6%) | |
| 2–3 years ago | 91 (17.2%) | 31 (13.8%) | 60 (19.7%) | ||
| 4–6 years ago | 157 (29.7%) | 53 (23.7%) | 104 (34.3%) | 0.0000 1 | |
| 7–9 years ago | 130 (24.6%) | 56 (25.0%) | 74 (24.3%) | ||
| ≥10 years ago | 77 (14.6%) | 32 (14.3%) | 45 (14.8%) | ||
| missing data | 4 (0.8%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (1.3%) | ||
| Number of experienced episodes of spinal pain (number) | 0 | 38 (7%) | 22 (9.2%) | 16 (5.3%) | |
| 1–5 | 231 (42.7%) | 115 (47.8%) | 116 (38.5%) | ||
| 6–10 | 147 (27.2%) | 46 (19.2%) | 101 (33.2%) | 0.0045 1 | |
| ≥11 | 125 (23.1%) | 57 (23.8%) | 68 (22.4%) | ||
| missing data | 3 (0.6%) | 0 | 3 (1.0%) | ||
| Frequency of pain episodes | no pain | 21 (3.9%) | 16 (6.7%) | 5 (1.6%) | |
| once in a lifetime | 8 (1.5%) | 6 (2.5%) | 2 (0.7%) | ||
| several times in a lifetime | 101 (18.6%) | 84 (35.0%) | 17 (5.6%) | ||
| once a year | 21 (3.9%) | 19 (7.9%) | 2 (0.7%) | 0.0000 1 | |
| once a month | 63 (11.6%) | 46 (19.2%) | 17 (5.6%) | ||
| once a week | 78 (14.3%) | 25 (10.4%) | 53 (17.4%) | ||
| once a day | 192 (35.3%) | 20 (8.3%) | 172 (56.6%) | ||
| all the time | 60 (11.0%) | 24 (10.0%) | 36 (11.8%) | ||
| Limitation of physical activity | no | 151 (27.8%) | 106 (44.2%) | 45 (14.8%) | |
| minimal | 243 (44.7%) | 106 (43.4%) | 137 (45.1%) | ||
| significant | 147 (27.0%) | 26 (10.7%) | 121 (39.8%) | 0.0058 1 | |
| disabling | 3 (0.6%) | 2 (0.9%) | 1 (0.3%) |
VAS—Visual Analogue Scale; 1—Chi-square.