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Table 3 Subjective disabilities and school absence in preadolescents with traumatic-and non-traumatic lower limb pain

From: Risk factors for traumatic and non-traumatic lower limb pain among preadolescents: a population-based study of Finnish schoolchildren

Variable

Traumatic lower limb pain N = 54

Non-traumatic lower limb pain N = 104

P

Subjective pain disabilities, N (%)

   

   Pain disturbing sleeping

15 (27.7)

32 (30.8)

0.70

   Pain disturbing sitting during class

3 (5.6)

4 (3.8)

0.62

   Pain disturbing walking > 1 km

27 (50.0)

36 (34.6)

0.06

   Pain disturbing physical exercise class

21 (38.9)

21 (20.2)

0.01

   Pain disturbs hobbies

13 (24.1)

15 (14.4)

0.13

Subjective disability index, Mean (SD)

1.45 (1.1)

1.04 (1.0)

0.02

School absence due to pain, N (%)

   

   One day or more

12 (22)

18 (17)

0.52

   1–2 days

9 (17)

11 (11)

0.31

   3–7 days

2 (4)

5 (5)

1.0

   > 7 days

1 (2)

2 (2)

1.0