Research Article
Prognostic Factors of Short-Term Outcome of Low Back Pain in Patients Attending Health Insurance Clinics in Sharkia Governorate, Egypt
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the studied 349 patients according to their LBP outcome.
| | Baseline characteristics | Good BP outcome (202 subjects)
no. (%)* | Poor BP outcome (147 subjects)
no. (%)* | value |
| | (i) Sociodemographic factors |
| | Age in years (mean Ā± SD) | | | 0.003 | | Age group in years | | | 0.03 |
| | ā<30 | 52 (26) | 31 (21) | | | ā30ā50 | 122 (60) | 84 (58) | | | āā„50 | 28 (14) | 32 (21) | |
| | Sex | | | 0.27 | | āMale | 119 (59) | 80 (55) | | | āFemale | 83 (41) | 67 (45) | |
| | Education | | | 0.002 | | āSecondary and higher | 109 (54) | 62 (42) | | | āLess than secondary | 93 (46) | 85 (58) | |
| | Occupation | | | 0.004 | | āProfessional | 34 (17) | 38 (26) | | | āSkilled | 69 (34) | 52 (35) | | | āNonskilled | 99 (49) | 57 (49) | |
| | Body mass index (kg/m2) | | | 0.71 | | ā<25 | 101 (50) | 75 (51) | | | ā25ā<30 | 81 (40) | 43 (29) | | | āā„30 | 20 (10) | 29 (20) | |
| | (ii) Lifestyle factors |
| | Smoking | | | 0.08 | | āNever smoker | 69 (34) | 61 (42) | | | āEx-smoker | 61 (30) | 41 (28) | | | āSmoker | 72 (36) | 45 (30) | |
| | Physical activity | | | 0.66 | | āYes | 123 (61) | 87 (59) | | | āNo | 79 (39) | 60 (41) | |
| | (iii) History of the index back pain episode |
| | Pain grade | | | <0.001 | | āMild | 45 (22) | 15 (10) | | | āModerate | 125 (62) | 79 (54) | | | āSevere | 32 (16) | 53 (36) | |
| | Pain site | | | <0.001 | | āLocalized | 106 (52) | 50 (34) | | | āRadiated | 96 (48) | 97 (66) | |
| | Pain Type | | | <0.001 | | āRecent | 60 (30) | 18 (12) | | | āPeriodic | 102 (50) | 63 (43) | | | āPersistent | 40 (20) | 66 (45) | |
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*Percent values are presented by its round.
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