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Table 1 Comparison of high-acute, mid-acute and subacute neck pain patients’ baseline pain and disability scores as well as baseline characteristics

From: Exploring the definition of «acute» neck pain: a prospective cohort observational study comparing the outcomes of chiropractic patients with 0–2 weeks, 2–4 weeks and 4–12 weeks of symptoms

 

High-acute

(0–2 weeks)

n = 274

Mid-acute

(2–4 weeks)

n = 62

Subacute

(4–12 weeks)

n = 159

P-Value

Pre NRSNeck

Mean (SD)

6.23 (±2.02)

5.94 (±2.35)

5.41 (±2.30)

0.001*

Pre BQ total

Mean (SD)

33.54 (±15.22)

33.94 (±15.25)

31.10 (±16.38)

0.244

Gender

Male: 102 (37.2%)

Female: 172 (62.8%)

Male: 27 (43.5%)

Female: 35 (56.5%)

Male: 51 (32.1%)

Female: 108 (67.9%)

0.255

Age (years)

Mean (SD)

38.7 (±12.11)

47.1 (±12.73)

42.8 (±14.54)

0.0001*

General Health

good: 200 (74.9%)

average: 55 (20.6%)

poor: 12 (4.5%)

good: 38 (62.3%)

average: 20 (32.8%)

poor: 3 (4.9%)

good: 93 (59.6%)

average: 55 (35.3%)

poor: 8 (5.1%)

0.013*

Radiculopathy present (yes)

37 (13.7%)

12 (19.4%)

27 (17.4%)

0.399

Trauma onset (yes)

39 (14.2%)

8 (13.1%)

20 (12.7%)

0.893

Smoker (yes)

59 (22.1%)

14 (23.3%)

18 (11.5%)

0.016*

  1. NRS numerical rating scale for pain, BQ Bournemouth questionnaire, SD Standard Deviation. * = p ≤ 0.05