Characteristic | No. (%)* |
---|---|
Age, yr, mean ± SD† | 46.5 ± 14.4 |
Median | 41 |
Minimum | 24 |
Maximum | 82 |
Sex‡ | |
Female | 21 (63.6) |
Male | 12 (36.4) |
Unknown or unspecified | 0 (0.0) |
Aboriginal persons§ (not mutually exclusive categories) | |
Not an Aboriginal person | 30 (96.8) |
First Nations (North American Indian) | 1 (3.2) |
Other categories listed (Métis or Inuk) | 0 (0.0) |
Race/ethnicity¶ (not mutually exclusive categories) | |
White | 31 (96.9) |
Arab | 2 (6.3) |
Other categories listed | 0 (0.0) |
Employment status‡ (not mutually exclusive categories) | |
Working now (full- or part-time) | 22 (66.7) |
Retired | 7 (21.2) |
Disabled due to back pain (permanently or temporarily) | 3 (9.1) |
Student | 1 (3.0) |
Looking for work | 1 (3.0) |
Other categories listed | 0 (0.0) |
Highest education level attained‡ | |
No high school diploma | 3 (9.1) |
High school diploma or equivalent | 4 (12.1) |
Registered apprenticeship or other trades certificate or diploma | 3 (9.1) |
College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma | 6 (18.2) |
University certificate or diploma below bachelor's level | 0 (0.0) |
Bachelor's degree | 7 (21.2) |
University certificate or diploma above bachelor's level | 3 (9.1) |
Master's degree | 4 (12.1) |
Degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry | 0 (0.0) |
Doctorate | 3 (9.1) |
LBP that persisted at least 3 mo‡ | |
Yes | 30 (90.9) |
No | 3 (9.1) |
LBP that has resulted in pain on at least half the days in the past 6 mo§ | |
Yes | 16 (51.6) |
No | 15 (48.4) |
Presence of CLBP based on the NIH definition§ | |
Yes | 15 (48.4) |
No | 16 (51.6) |
LBP intensity in the past 7 d (0-10), mean ± SD‡ | 4.8 ± 2.3 |
Median | 5 ± 2.3 |
Minimum | 0 |
Maximum | 9 |
Note: CLBP = chronic low back pain, LBP = low back pain, SD = standard deviation.
*Unless otherwise specified.†5 missing data.
‡0 missing data.
§2 missing data.
¶ 1 missing data.