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Table 2 Baseline variables

From: Effect of an education and activation programme on functional limitations and patient-perceived recovery in acute and sub-acute shoulder complaints – a randomised clinical trial

 

UC

EAP

p-value

Number

52

56

 

Demographic variables

   

Age (years) (SD)

49.9 (11.7)

48.4 (16.2)

0.572

Gender ♂ (%)

44

36

0.366

Specific disease variables

   

Pain intensity T0 (mean + SD)

5.2 (2.3)

5.3 (2.2)

0.887

Onset (quick) (%)

44

54

0.286

Affected shoulder (Left/right/both) (%)

42-52-6

41-57-2

0.538

Prior episodes of SCs lasting at least 1 week (% yes)

42

49

0.482

Outcome variable

   

SDQ score at baseline (mean and SD)

60.8 (24.1)

67.1 (24.0)

0.175

Psychosocial variables

   

Catastrophising (% very low)

49

27

0.022

Coping (% very low)

12

8

0.463

Distress categories (low-medium-high; %)

79-17-4

80-18-2

0.815

Depression categories (low-medium-high; %)

94-2-4

91-7-2

0.357

Anxiety categories (low-medium-high; %)

100-0-0

100-0-0

-

Somatisation (low-medium-high; %)

85-11-4

82-18-0

0.231