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. 2022 Nov 22;68(4):464–474. doi: 10.5606/tftrd.2022.10053

Table 6. Work conditions, pain, and general health conditions of the participants.

Parameters FMS group CLBP group Healthy control group p
n % n % n %
Working condition during pandemic             <0.001*
Housewife 249 53.5 137 30.1 33 7.5  
Homeoffice 42 9.0 39 8.6 15 3.4  
Part time 42 9.0 62 13.6 101 23.0  
Left from work 44 9.5 34 7.5 17 3.9  
Not changed 88 18.9 183 40.2 274 62.3  
Change of health condition with pandemic             <0.001**
Yes 282 60.6 189 41.5 102 23.2  
No 183 39.4 266 58.5 338 76.8  
How change of health condition with pandemic             <0.001**
Much worse 17 6.0 4 2.1 2 2.0  
Worse 77 27.3 40 21.2 2 2  
A little bad 166 58.9 124 65.6 58 56.9  
A little good 17 6.0 15 7.9 18 17.6  
Better 1 0.4 4 2.1 15 14.7  
Much better 4 1.4 2 1.1 7 6.9  
Change of pain condition with pandemic             <0.001*
Yes 309 66.5 208 45.7      
No 156 33.5 247 54.3      
How change of pain condition with pandemic             <0.001**
Much worse 16 5.2 4 1.9      
Worse 107 34.6 61 29.3      
A little bad 162 52.4 124 59.6      
A little good 15 4.9 14 6.7      
Better 6 1.9 3 1.4      
Much better 3 1.0 2 1.0      
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.