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Table 2 Disability severity (based on the Health Assessment Questionnaire – Disability Index) and education level of COPCORD patients utilizing health care for back pain

From: Health-care access and utilization among individuals with low back pain in Iran: a WHO-ILAR COPCORD study

 

CM

AHP

CAM

Disability

 Mild

226

57

51

  %

15.7

12.2

23

 Moderate

197

59

26

  %

13.7

12.6

11.7

 Severe

1012

351

145

  %

70.6

75.2

65.3

Subtotal

1695

533

235

Education

 No high school

251

149

64

  %

28.9

28

27.5

 Some high school

320

190

81

  %

36.9

35.6

34.8

 High school diploma

169

126

57

  %

19.5

23.6

24.4

 College or higher

128

68

31

  %

14.7

12.8

13.3

Subtotal

868

533

233

  1. CM Conventional medicine, AHP Allied health professionals, CAM Complementary and alternative medicine