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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants

From: Twelve-month effect of chronic pain self-management intervention delivered in an easily accessible primary healthcare service - a randomised controlled trial

Characteristics

ALL (N = 121)

INTV (n = 60)

CTRL (n = 61)

Female, n (%)

106 (87.6%)

53 (88.3%)

53 (86.9%)

Age years, mean (SD),

52.7 (11.7)

52.1 (11.4)

53.3 (12.1)

(range)

(23–74)

(27–71)

(23–74)

Living with someone, n (%)

86 (71.1%)

43 (71.7%)

43 (70.5%)

Highest level of education, n (%)

 lower secondary school or less

8 (6.6%)

4 (6.7%)

4 (6.6%)

 upper secondary school

56 (46.3%)

28 (46.7%)

28 (45.9%)

 higher education (college or university)

57 (47.1%)

28 (46.7%)

29 (47.5%)

Main reason for pain, n (%):

 musculoskeletal diseases, ICPC-2 chapter L

93 (76.9%)

46 (76.7%)

47 (77.0%)

 neuro system diseases, ICPC-2 chapter N

16 (13.2%)

10 (16.7%)

6 (9.8%)

 general and unspecified, ICPC-2 chapter A

12 (9.9%)

4 (6.7%)

8 (13.1%)

Pain duration, n (%)

 7–11 months

2 (1.7%)

2 (3.3%)

0 (0%)

 1–5 years

24 (19.8%)

12 (20.0%)

12 (19.7%)

 6–9 years

19 (15.7%)

11 (18.3%)

8 (13.1%)

 10 years or more

76 (62.8%)

35 (58.3%)

41 (67.2%)

More than one chronic condition, n (%)

76 (62.8%)

32 (53.3%)

44 (72.1%)

Work status, n (%)

 working, full or part time

31 (25.6%)

13 (21.7%)

18 (29.5%)

 disability pension, full or graded

56 (46.3%)

33 (55%)

23 (37.7%)

 sick leave, full or graded

20 (16.5%)

8 (13.3%)

12 (19.7%)

 retired

14 (11.6%)

6 (10.0%)

8 (13.1%)

Pain medication, n (%):

 prescription-only

51 (42.1%)

23 (38.3%)

28 (45.9%)

 without prescription

41 (33.9%)

19 (31.7%)

22 (36.1%)

 do not use pain medication

29 (24.0%)

18 (30.0%)

11 (18.0%)

Healthcare utilization, last 3 months:

 visits general practitioner, mean (SD)

1.9 (1.9)

1.6 (1.7)

2.1 (2.0)

 visits physiotherapist, mean (SD)

4.8 (6.3)

4.5 (5.9)

5.1 (6.8)

 stays rehabilitation centre, mean (SD)

0.07 (0.3)

0.1 (0.3)

0.05 (0.2)

 visits hospital outpatient clinic, mean (SD)

0.6 (1.1)

0.5 (0.9)

0.6 (1.3)

 admission hospital, mean (SD)

0.1 (0.7)

0.2 (1.0)

0.02 (0.1)

  number of days, mean (SD), (range)

0.1 (0.8) (0–8)

0.2 (1.2) (0–8)

0.02 (0.1) (0–1)

PAM-13 level at baseline

N = 119

n = 58

n = 61

 Level 1

16 (13.4%)

9 (15.5%)

7 (11.5%)

 Level 2

12 (10.1%)

3 (5.2%)

9 (14.8%)

 Level 3

61 (51.3%)

32 (55.2%)

29 (47.5%)

 Level 4

30 (25.2%)

14 (24.1%)

16 (26.2%)

  1. INTV: intervention group; CTRL: control group; ICPC- 2: International Classification of Primary Care, Second edition; PAM-13: Patient Activation Measure 13