The Relationship between Beliefs about Pain and Functioning with Rheumatologic Conditions

Table 2

Demographic predominant percentage data.

Ethnicity	NZ European 88%
Diagnosis	Osteoarthritis 36%
	Rheumatoid arthritis 17%
	Fibromyalgia 15%
	Unknown 13%
	Polymyalgia rheumatica 8%
Gender	Female 85%
Age	Mean: 65 years
	Std Dev 11 years, 8 months
	Highest recorded data: 91 years
	Lowest recorded data: 22 years
Educational level	School only, 55%
Physiotherapy intervention for pain	54%
Membership with ANZ within last 3 years	61%
Smoking	93% non smokers
Time off work because of pain experience	32%
Number of years with pain	51% greater than 8 years
	Mean: 130 months (almost 11 years)
	Std dev: 125 months (10.4 years)
	Highest recorded data: 55 years
	Lowest recorded data: 2 months