Table 5 Patient characteristics

Cohort 1 data

N

Main Complaint (ICPC code)

Percent

Number of registrations

 Spine (L2, L3, and L86)

73.9

Number of respondents

 Low Back without sciatica (L3)

30.0

 Low Back with sciatica (L86)

18.1

 Neck (L1)

16.9

 Headache (N01, N02, and N89)

4.6

 Upper Extremity (L8-L12)

7.3

 Lower Extremity (L13-L17)

8.6

 Other

5.6

Duration

 < 3 months

16.3

 3–12 months

21.6

 > 1 year

62.1

Source of referral

 General practitioner

16.1

 Physiotherapist

8.7

 Medical Specialist

3.2

 Self-referral

61.0

 Other

11.0

NRS pain ^a

Mean (sd)

 Low Back (N = 722)

6.0 (2.0)

 Low Back without sciatica (N = 449)

5.9 (1.9)

 Low Back with sciatica (N = 273)

6.2 (2.0)

 Neck (N = 250)

6.2 (2.0)

 Other (N = 526)

6.0 (2.2)

Cohort 2 data

Function measures ^a

Mean (sd)

Number of registrations

 RDQ (N = 827)

8.9 (5.3)

Number of respondents

 NDI (N = 269)

13.1 (7.2)

 LEFS (N = 159)

55.0 (15.8)

 DASH (N = 102)

31.6 (16.5)

 HIT-6 (N = 54)

60.0 (7.5)

Cohort 3 data

Previous treatments

Percent

Sample of respondents

 Physical therapy

68.1

 Manual therapy

37.7

 Chiropractic treatment

17.0

 MT or chiropractor

45.9

 MT and chiropractor

8.8

 Medication

25.6

 Injections (pain clinic)

6.7

 Surgery

4.4