Comparison of the Swedish STarT Back Screening Tool and the Short Form of the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire in patients with acute or subacute back and neck pain

Table 1 Characteristics of the study population, n = 315

	Number	Percent	Median	Range
Age
Total population	315		45	20–66
≤39 years	108	34.3
40–49 years	105	33.3
≥50 years	102	32.4
Gender
Female	197	62.5
Male	118	37.5
Pain site^a
BP^b	121	38.4
NP + BP^c	194	61.6
SBT ^d total score, 0–9	315		4	0–9
Low risk	146	46.3
Medium risk	133	42.2
High risk	36	11.4
ÖMPSQ-short ^e total score, 0–100	315		46	9–81
Low risk	200	63.5
High risk	115	36.5

^a Pain site Based on question number 2 (Neck or shoulder pain) on SBT, ^bBP Back pain, ^cNP + BP Patients with neck or shoulder pain (NP) with or without back pain (BP), ^d SBT Start Back Screening Tool, ^e ÖMPSQ-short Short form of the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire

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