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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population.

From: Kinesiophobia in patients with non-traumatic arm, neck and shoulder complaints: a prospective cohort study in general practice

Variables Total population (n = 679)

  

Internal missings (n items)

Patient characteristics

   

   Age (yrs) (18–64), median (range)

 

0

45.0 (18–64)

   Male, n (%)

 

0

281 (41.4)

   Educational levela, n (%)

low

0

243 (35.8)

 

medium

 

242 (35.6)

 

high

 

194 (28.6)

   Having paid work,n (%)

 

0

532 (78.4)

   Active sports participation, = 1 h/week, n (%)

 

0

302 (44.5)

Complaint- specific determinants

   

   Duration of the complaint, n (%); n = 678

0-6 weeks

1

343 (50.6)

 

6 weeks-6 months

 

161 (23.7)

 

> 6 months

 

174 (25.7)

   Severity in the last week (0–10), median (range); n = 677

 

2

6 [1–10]

   Disability, DASH (0–100), median (range); n = 678

 

3

35.3 (2.6–99.1)

   Comorbidity musculoskeletal, n (%)

 

0

330 (48.6)

   Recurrent complaint, n (%)

 

0

191 (28.0)

   Multiple- sited complaint

 

0

263 (38.7)

   Location†, n (%)

neck

0

211 (31.1)

 

upper back

 

53 (7.8)

 

shoulder

 

374 (55.1)

 

upper arm

 

86 (12.7)

 

elbow

 

147 (21.6)

 

forearm

 

41 (6.0)

 

wrist

 

47 (6.9)

 

hand

 

86 (12.7)

Psychosocial characteristics

   

   Kinesiophobia, Tampa-AV 13-item scale (13–52)

median (range)

0

24.0 (13–46)

 

mean (SD)

 

24.8 (6.2)

   Social support, SOS (12–60), median (range)

 

0

56.0 (26–60)

   Catastrophizing, CSQ (0–60), median (range); n = 678

 

6

9.0 (0–53)

   Somatization, 4DSQ (0–48), n (%), n = 678

low (0–10)

21

500 (73.8)

 

medium (11–20)

 

148 (21.8)

 

high (21–32)

 

30 (4.4)

   Distress, 4DSQ (0–48) n (%)

low (0–10)

0

430 (63.4)

 

medium (11–20)

 

170 (25.0)

 

high (21–32)

 

79 (11.6)

Yes, I can influence my health through my own behaviour, n (%)

 

0

401 (59.1)

  1. SD: standard deviation; n = number of patients. a Educational level: low: no education, primary school or lower vocational school; medium: lower or higher general secondary school level or middle vocational school); high: higher vocational school or university); b More than one location is possible; DASH = disability of arm shoulder and hand questionnaire;4DSQ = four-dimensional symptom questionnaire; SOS = social support scale ;CSQ = coping strategy questionnaire; TAMPA-AV = Tampa adjusted version.