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Table 3 Comorbidities + psychosomatic symptoms: differences between CLBP and CWP (n = 647)

From: Differences between patients with chronic widespread pain and local chronic low back pain in primary care - a comparative cross-sectional analysis

 

CLBP

CWP

p

   

Chi-square test

Fisher’s exact test

Welch’s t-test

Mann-Whitney U-Test

Self-Administered Comorbidity Questionnaire (SACQ)

      

Disease areas (problems) [no (%)]

      

High blood pressure (n = 632)

n = 472

n = 160

0.079

-

-

-

 

210 (44.5)

84 (52.5)

    

Heart diseases (n = 611)

n = 460

n = 151

0.489

-

-

-

 

57 (12.4)

22 (14.6)

    

Asthma (n = 608)

n = 458

n = 150

0.730

-

-

-

 

65 (14.2)

23 (15.3)

    

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (n = 594)

n = 450

n = 144

0.862

-

-

-

 

46 (10.2)

14 (9.7)

    

Ulcer or stomach diseases (n = 605)

n = 455

n = 150

0.014

-

-

-

 

77 (16.9)

39 (26.0)

    

Diabetes (n = 609)

n = 462

n = 147

0.763

-

-

-

 

61 (13.2)

18 (12.2)

    

High blood lipid level (n = 607)

n = 454

n = 153

0.272

-

-

-

 

130 (28.6)

51 (33.3)

    

Kidney diseases (n = 602)

n = 454

n = 148

0.011

-

-

-

 

33 (7.3)

21 (14.2)

    

Osteoarthitis, degenerative arthritis (n = 619)

n = 462

n = 157

>0.001

-

-

-

 

192 (41.6)

96 (61.1)

    

Rheumatoid arthritis (n = 591)

n = 445

n = 146

0.005

-

-

-

 

48 (10.8)

29 (19.9)

    

Osteoporosis (n = 597)

n = 447

n = 150

0.454

-

-

-

 

44 (9.8)

18 (12.0)

    

Cancer disease (n = 600)

n = 453

n = 147

0.287

-

-

-

 

33 (7.3)

7 (4.8)

    

Depression (n = 598)

n = 456

n = 142

>0.001

-

-

-

 

84 (18.4)

47 (33.1)

    

Other psychiatric diseases (n = 596)

n = 449

n = 147

0.354

-

-

-

 

54 (12.0)

22 (15.0)

    

Number of diagnosed problems [mean (SD)]

n = 383

n = 118

    
 

2.2 (1.9)

2.9 (2.1)

-

-

-

0.001

Number of treated problems [mean (SD)]

n = 366

n = 107

    
 

1.3 (1.5)

1.8 (1.9)

-

-

-

0.026

Summary score [mean (SD)]

n = 331

n = 102

    
 

3.5 (3.6)

5.0 (4.6)

-

-

0.003

-

Symptom Checklist-90-R

n = 430

n = 143

    

Summation of all items [mean (SD)]

10.0 (5.9)

15.0 (7.6)

-

-

>0.001

-

Mean of all items [mean (SD)]

0.8 (0.5)

1.3 (0.6)

-

-

>0.001

-

Number of symptoms [mean (SD)]

5.6 (2.8)

7.8 (3.0)

-

-

>0.001

-