From: Costs of shoulder pain and resource use in primary health care: a cost-of-illness study in Sweden
Characteristics | n = 204 | n = 45* | n = 19** |
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Age (years); mean (SD) | 48 (11) | 48 (11) | 48 (13) |
Sex: male; n (%) | 101 (49) | 20 (44) | 10 (51) |
Treatment duration of current shoulder complaints*** | |||
0-6 weeks | 101 (50) | 15 (33) | 4 (21) |
7-12 weeks | 28 (14) | 4 (9) | 2 (10) |
12-26 weeks | 42 (21) | 12 (29) | 6 (32) |
> 6 months | 33 (16) | 14 (29) | 7 (37) |
Duration of sick leave in the 8 weeks preceding inclusion**** | |||
0 weeks | 193 (95) | 37 (82) | 17 (89) |
0-1 weeks | 4 (2) | 3 (7) | 1 (5) |
1-8 weeks | 7 (3) | 5 (11) | 1 (5) |