From: Risk classification of patients referred to secondary care for low back pain
Variables | STarT Back risk groups | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Low | Medium | High | |||||
N = 182 | n = 62 | n = 77 | n = 43 | |||||
Agea | 48 | (15) | 47 | (15) | 50 | (15) | 47 | (14) |
Gender, menb | 92 | (51) | 29 | (47) | 40 | (52) | 23 | (54) |
Other diseasesb | 127 | (70) | 39 | (63) | 57 | (74) | 31 | (72) |
Musculoskeletal comorbidityb | 68 | (37) | 17 | (27) | 33 | (43) | 18 | (42) |
Marriedb | 97 | (53) | 30 | (48) | 43 | (56) | 24 | (56) |
Born in Norwayb | 169 | (93) | 60 | (97) | 73 | (95) | 36 | (84) |
University / college educationb | 77 | (42) | 31 | (50) | 32 | (42) | 14 | (33) |
Employedb | 133 | (73) | 51 | (82) | 55 | (71) | 27 | (63) |
Sicklistedb | 58 | (32) | 16 | (26) | 26 | (34) | 16 | (37) |