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Table 2 Characteristics of the study population of 274 patients at start of the rehabilitation-program

From: Physiotherapist-led rehabilitation for patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain: interventions and promising long-term outcomes

Age, mean ± SD (min-max), years

42 ± 13.4 (18–77)

Women, n (%)

194 (71)

BMI, mean ± SD, kg/m2

25.0 ± 4.1

Smokers, n (%)

21 (8)

Pain-duration, median [q1, q3], days

1015 [516, 2514]

Pain distribution as diagnosed by physiotherapist, n (%), valid n = 265

 - localized pain

104 (39)

 - regional pain

145 (55)

 - generalized pain

16 (6)

Main pain location, n (%), valid n = 270

 - neck region

76 (28)

 - cannot decide on only one location as the most painful region

65 (24)

 - lumbar- or thoracic spine- or pelvis region,

60 (22)

 - hip-, knee-, ankle- or foot region

47 (17)

 - shoulder region, elbow- or hand region

22 (8)

NPRS1 inclusion, median [q1, q3]

7 [5, 8]

DRI2, median [q1, q3], mm

49 [31, 62]

EQVAS3, median [q1, q3], mm

50 [35, 70]

Low ability to reduce pain4, n (%)

114 (42)

Physically active5 minimum 150 min/week, n (%) valid n = 134

48 (36)

Anxious or depressed (EQ5D-5 L6 or EQ5D-3 L6), n (%)

62 (23)

Number of individual rehabilitation-goals formulated at start7, median [q1, q3]

2 [2, 3]

  1. 1 = NPRS (Numeric Pain Rating Scale) 0–10; 0 = no pain, 10 = worst pain imaginable, 7 = severe pain, 2 = DRI (Disability Rating Index, mean mm of physical disability of 12 activities) 0–100, 0 = no disability, 100 = cannot at all carry out, 3 = EQVAS (EuroQol five dimensions questionnaire, visual analogue scale), 0–100, 0 = worst perceived health imaginable 100 = best perceived health imaginable, 4 = Rated ability to reduce pain = 0–2 on a scale of 0–6; 0 = cannot reduce pain at all, 6 = high ability to reduce pain, 5 = question according to Swedish National Institute of Public Health; “For how long do you practice leisure exercise per week, for example walking, biking or gardening?” (missing n = 140 due to that the question was not added until 2017), 6 = EQ5D-5 L and EQ5D-3 L EuroQol five dimensions questionnaire with 5 and 3 levels respectively. 7 = number of value-oriented, activity-based goals formulated at start of the rehabilitation by patient and physiotherapist and likely to be achieved during the program