Table 1 Characteristics of the populations “frequent pain”, “no frequent pain” and “pain follow-up”
Frequent pain | No frequent pain | Pain follow-up | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Women n1 (%) | Men n (%) | Women n (%) | Men n (%) | Women n (%) | Men n (%) | |
Total | 754 (65) | 401 (35) | 1471 (52) | 1384 (48) | 590 (67) | 291 (33) |
Age | ||||||
19–30 years | 130 (17) | 58 (15) | 331 (23) | 304 (22) | 84 (14) | 36 (12) |
31–50 years | 331 (44) | 182 (45) | 667 (45) | 619 (45) | 251 (43) | 125 (43) |
51–64 years | 293 (39) | 161 (40) | 473 (32) | 461 (33) | 255 (43) | 130 (45) |
Education | ||||||
University/higher education | 279 (37) | 97 (24) | 635 (43) | 486 (35) | 228 (39) | 74 (25) |
Upper secondary school | 311 (41) | 191 (48) | 597 (41) | 647 (47) | 230 (39) | 128 (44) |
Compulsory school | 154 (20) | 111 (28) | 227 (15) | 235 (17) | 123 (21) | 87 (30) |
[Missing] | 10 (1) | 2 (1) | 12 (1) | 16 (1) | 9 (2) | 2 (1) |
Country of birth | ||||||
Nordic countries | 666 (88) | 350 (87) | 1361 (93) | 1250 (90) | 526 (89) | 259 (89) |
Other countries | 88 (12) | 51 (13) | 110 (8) | 134 (10) | 64 (11) | 32 (11) |
Instrumental social support (ISS) | ||||||
Strong ISS | 402 (53) | 218 (54) | 928 (63) | 858 (62) | 319 (54) | 162 (56) |
Mixed ISS | 252 (33) | 133 (33) | 442 (30) | 364 (26) | 203 (34) | 97 (33) |
Weak ISS | 87 (12) | 39 (10) | 79 (5) | 123 (9) | 61 (10) | 24 (8) |
[Missing] | 13 (2) | 11 (3) | 22 (2) | 39 (3) | 7 (1) | 8 (3) |
Emotional social support (ESS) | ||||||
Strong ESS | 606 (80) | 270 (67) | 1308 (89) | 1098 (79) | 473 (80) | 203 (70) |
Mixed ESS | 75 (10) | 69 (17) | 92 (6) | 146 (11) | 61 (10) | 48 (17) |
Weak ESS | 59 (8) | 52 (13) | 55 (4) | 109 (8) | 46 (8) | 33 (11) |
[Missing] | 14 (2) | 10 (3) | 16 (1) | 31 (2) | 10 (2) | 7 (2) |
General self-efficacy (GSE), dichotomized | ||||||
High general self-efficacy | 445 (59) | 276 (69) | 1099 (75) | 1125 (81) | 354 (60) | 202 (69) |
Low general self-efficacy | 296 (39) | 115 (29) | 346 (24) | 239 (17) | 227 (39) | 84 (29) |
[Missing] | 13 (2) | 10 (3) | 26 (2) | 20 (1) | 9 (2) | 5 (2) |
Women mean (SD2) | Men mean (SD) | Women mean (SD) | Men mean (SD) | Women mean (SD) | Men mean (SD) | |
General self-efficacy (GSE), continuous | 2.8 (0.53) | 2.9 (0.48) | 3.0 (0.42) | 3.1 (0.43) | 2.8 (0.52) | 2.9 (0.47) |