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Characteristics of patients (n = 1,733) |
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| % |
(No) |
Mean |
(SD) |
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| Demographic |
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| Age in years |
48.7 |
(16.3) |
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| Male |
45.2 |
(783) |
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| Education |
Low |
30.8 |
(534) |
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| Middle |
26.3 |
(456) |
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| High |
13.5 |
(234) |
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| Unknown |
29.4 |
(509) |
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| Health insurance |
Public |
56.7 |
(983) |
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| Private |
24.2 |
(420) |
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| Unknown |
19.0 |
(330) |
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| High urbanization rate (> 1,000 addresses per km2)1 |
58.9 |
(1,021) |
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| Complaints |
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| Duration complaint |
< 1 month (acute) |
48.2 |
(835) |
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| > 1 month (chronic) |
51.8 |
(898) |
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| Recurrent complaint2 |
47.0 |
(815) |
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| Previous physical therapy3 |
47.1 |
(817) |
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| Referred by general practitioner |
95.2 |
(1,650) |
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| Treatment |
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| Treatment goal |
Maintaining body position (yes) |
18.1 |
(313) |
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| Changing body position (yes) |
19.0 |
(329) |
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| Functions of mobility (yes) |
39.6 |
(687) |
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| Functions of muscles (yes) |
14.3 |
(247) |
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| Pain (yes) |
11.4 |
(197) |
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| Interventions |
Massage (yes) |
34.4 |
(596) |
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| Manual manipulation (yes) |
37.9 |
(657) |
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| Physical modalities (yes) |
12.0 |
(208) |
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| Exercise therapy (yes) |
65.8 |
(1,141) |
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| Information/advice (yes) |
27.1 |
(469) |
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| Number of treatment sessions |
9.9 |
(6.6) |
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1 [27] 2 recurrent complaint is defined as a complaint appearing after a complaint-free episode lasting at least four weeks and at most two years 3 for the same or other complaint | |||||
Swinkels et al. BMC Health Services Research 2005 5:74 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-5-74 |
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