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Table 2 Sample characteristics at T0

From: Psychiatric comorbidity as predictor of costs in back pain patients undergoing disc surgery: a longitudinal observational study

 

Overall (N = 531)

 

Lumbal disc (N = 419)

 

Cervical disc (N = 112)

 

Without psychiatric comorbiditiy (N = 445)

With psychiatric comorbidity (N = 86)

 

Without psychiatric comorbiditiy (N = 352)

With psychiatric comorbidity (N = 67)

 

Without psychiatric comorbiditiy (N = 93)

With psychiatric comorbidity (N = 19)

 

Age (mean (SD))

42.6 (7.87)

41.4 (8.34)

a

41.8 (8.05)

40.5 (8.78)

a

45.5 (6.35)

44.6 (5.63)

a

Number of children (mean (SD)

1.41 (0.98)

1.43 (2.28)

a

1.37 (1.00)

1.13 (0.99)

a

1.55 (0.89)

2.47 (4.41)

a

Number of previous disc herniations (mean (SD))

1.61 (1.62)

2.70 (10.3)

a

1.64 (1.73)

3.00 (11.6)

a *

1.51 (1.12)

1.59 (1.33)

a

Number of previous disc surgery (mean (SD))

0.22 (0.58)

0.29 (0.62)

a

0.22 (0.58)

0.37 (0.68)

a

0.18 (0.57)

0 (0)

a **

Psychiatric comorbidity

---ICD-10 chapter F0 (N (%))

-

3 (1)

 

-

3 (1)

 

-

0 (0)

 

---ICD-10 chapter F1 (N (%))

-

11 (2)

 

-

7 (2)

 

-

4 (4)

 

---ICD-10 chapter F3 (N (%))

-

56 (11)

 

-

44 (11)

 

-

12 (11)

 

---ICD-10 chapter F4 (N (%))

-

47 (9)

 

-

38 (9)

 

-

9 (8)

 

Self reported chronic medical disease (N (%))

---Yes (ref: No)

170 (38)

36 (42)

b

229 (65)

45 (67)

b

46 (49)

5 (26)

b

Gender (N (%)

---Male

179 (60)

47 (45)

b*

b * 214 (61)

32 (48)

b *

52 (56)

7 (37)

b

Education (N (%))

---ISCED level 2 or lower

7 (2)

4 (5)

b

6 (2)

4 (6)

b

1 (1)

0 (0)

b

---ISCED level 3

306 (69)

57 (66)

 

240 (68)

48 (72)

 

66 (71)

9 (47)

 

---ISCED level 5 or higher

132 (30)

25 (29)

 

106 (30)

15 (22)

 

26 (28)

10 (53)

 

Marital status (N (%))

Married (ref: alone)

264 (59)

35 (41)

b**

b **205 (58)

23 (34)

b ***

59 (63)

12 (63)

b

Living situation (N (%))

---Living alone

68 (15)

24 (28)

b**

b **53 (15)

19 (28)

b *

15 (16)

5 (26)

b

---Living with partner/parents

364 (82)

58 (67)

 

290 (82)

45 (67)

 

74 (80)

13 (68)

 

---Other living situation

13 (3)

4 (5)

 

9 (3)

3 (4)

 

4 (4)

1 (%)

 

Employment status (N (%))

---Employed (ref: unemployed)

371 (83)

54 (63)

b***

b ***296 (84)

40 (59)

b ***

75 (81)

14 (74)

b

Type of health insurance (N (%))

---Statutory health insurance

381 (86)

81 (94)

b*

b *308 (87)

62 (93)

b

73 (78)

19 (100)

b *

---Private health insurance

64 (14)

5 (6)

 

44 (13)

5 (7)

 

20 22)

0 (0)

 
  1. a T-test; b Chi-square test; ISCED: international standard classification of education; SD: standard deviation; * p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001.