Table 5. Physical activity of the participants.
FMS group | CLBP group | Healthy control group | |||||
Variables | n | % | n | % | n | % | p |
Physical activity (Before pandemic) | <0.001* | ||||||
Regular exercise | 133 | 29.1 | 161 | 37.0 | 213 | 49.0‡ | |
Daily housework | 238 | 52.1‡ | 185 | 42.0 | 165 | 38.0† | |
Nothing | 86 | 18.8 | 94 | 21.0 | 61 | 14.0 | |
Physical activity (During pandemic) | <0.001* | ||||||
Regular exercise | 101 | 21.8 | 143 | 31.0 | 176 | 41.0‡ | |
Daily housework | 264 | 56.9‡ | 218 | 48.0 | 192 | 44.0† | |
Nothing | 99 | 21.3 | 93 | 20.0 | 70 | 16.0 | |
FMS: Fibromyalgia syndrome; CLBP: Chronic low back pain; * Pearson chi-squared test; ** Fisher Freeman-Halton test; Percentages with ‡ and † indicate higher and lower values than expected values considering the independence, respectively. |