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Table 4 Main characteristics of the three clusters

From: Chronic low back pain patient groups in primary care – A cross sectional cluster analysis

 

Cluster 1

Cluster 2

Cluster 3

Age on average

68

58

47

Working status of the majority

Pensioners

Invalidity pensioners

Working

Severity of pain

Intermediate

High

Low

Mental disorders (somatization, anxiety, depression, psychological comorbidities*)

Intermediate

High

Low

Musculoskeletal**/other***comorbidities

High

Low

Intermediate

Resources (resilience, coping)

Intermediate

Low

High

Health care utilization

Intermediate

High

Low

  1. *Participants with the comorbidities depression and/or other psychiatric diseases.
  2. **Participants with the comorbidities degenerative arthritis and/or rheumatoid arthritis and/or osteoporosis.
  3. ***Participants with the comorbidities high blood pressure and/or heart diseases and/or asthma and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and/or ulcer/stomach diseases and/or diabetes and/or high blood lipid level and/or kidney diseases and/or cancer diseases.