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Table 3 Characteristics of respondents reporting chronic pain

From: The prevalence of chronic pain and its associated factors among Saudi Al-Kharj population; a cross sectional study

 

Chronic Pain N = 198

Any Musculo Skeletal N = 111

Chest pain N = 22

Knee pain N = 23

Headache N = 26

Back pain N = 60

Age Mean (SD)

28.47 (10.08)

29 (1.09)

27.23 (2.2)

31.83 (14.1)

25.73 (6.9)

28.07 (9.7)

Gender

n (%)*

n (%)*

n (%)*

n (%)*

n (%)*

n (%)*

 Female

118 (59.5)

67 (60.4)

12 (54.5)

17 (73.9)

16 (61.5)

38 (63.3)

 Male

80 (40.4)

44 (39.6)

10 (44.5)

6 (26.1)

10 (38.5)

22 (36.6)

Marital Status

 Married

75 (37.8)

43 (38.7)

9 (40.9)

8 (34.7)

9 (34.6)

24 (40)

 Single

123 (62.1)

68 (61.2)

13 (59.1)

15 (65.2)

17 (65.4)

36 (60)

Job

 Civilian

109 (55)

60 (54.0)

12 (54.5)

11 (47.8)

12 (46.2)

31 (51.6)

 Not Working

6 (3)

2 (1.8)

2 (9.09)

0 (0)

1 (3.8)

1 (1.6)

 Soldier

83 (41.9)

49 (44.1)

8 (36.3)

12 (52.1)

13 (50)

28 (46.6)

Education level

 Primary

7 (3.5)

6 (5.4)

1 (4.5)

3 (3.0)

0 (0)

3 (5)

 Secondary

29 (14.6)

21 (18.9)

3 (13.6)

4 (17.39)

4 (15.4)

8 (13.3)

 Intermediate

5 (2.5)

1 (0.9)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (3.8)

0 (0)

 University

147 (74.2)

77 (69.4)

17 (17.3)

16 (69.5)

19 (73.1)

44 (73.3)

 Postgraduate

10 (5)

6 (5.4)

1 (4.5)

0 (0)

2 (7.7)

5 (8.3)

Smoking Status

 Ex-smoker

9 (4.5)

6 (5.4)

1 (4.5)

0 (0)

0 (0)

3 (5)

 Non-smoker

167 (84.3)

93 (83.7)

19 (86.3)

20 (86.9)

22 (84.6)

50 (83.3)

 Current Smoker

22 (11.1)

12 (10.8)

2 (9.1)

3 (13.04)

4 (15.4)

7 (11.6)

  1. *Percentage in the columns indicates % of respondents having pain out of total individuals with pain experienced at a specific site