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Table 1 Descriptive information on MPI-S subgroups

From: Psychosocial and behavioural characteristics in women with pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain 12 years postpartum

 

MPI-S subgroups

Total

n = 226

P-valuee

IDa

n = 53

DYSb

n = 82

ACc

n = 91

X 2

F

Age, mean (SD)

43.8 (5.1)

42.8 (4.5)

43.6 (4.6)

43.4 (4.7)

 

0.38

Marital status

 Married/cohabiting

42 (85.7)

65 (92.2)

65 (91.5)

172 (90.5)

0.27

 

 Relationship but not cohabiting

2 (4.1)

4 (5.7)

2 (2.8)

8 (4.2)

 

 Single

5 (10.2)

1 (1.4)

4 (5.6)

10 (5.3)

 

Education in 2002

 Up to high school/folk school

29 (54.7)

43 (53.8)

47 (52.8)

119 (53.6)

0.96

 

 University or higher

24 (45.3)

37 (46.3)

42 (47.2)

103 (46.4)

 

Total number of children

 1

14 (26.4)

16 (19.5)

23 (25.3)

53 (27.0)

0.72

 

 2

16 (30.2)

21 (25.6)

28 (30.8)

65 (33.2)

 

 3

12 (22.6)

26 (31.7)

26 (28.6)

64 (32.7)

 

 ≥ 4

11 (20.8)

19 (23.2)

14 (15.4)

44 (22.4)

 

Physical activity

 Yes

33 (62.3)

53 (66.3)

66 (73.3)

152 (68.2)

0.35

 

 No

20 (37.7)

27 (33.8)

24 (26.7)

71 (31.8)

 

Body Mass Index (BMI), mean (SD)

25.0 (5.3)

24.9 (4.3)

25.9 (4.1)

25.2 (4.4)

 

0.67

Relationship satisfaction

 Very good

18 (37.5)

47 (58)

54 (62.8)

119 (55.3)

0.13

 

 Good

18 (37.5)

23 (28.4)

24 (27.9)

65 (30.2)

 

 Neither good or bad

9 (18.8)

9 (11)

7 (8.1)

25 (11.6)

 

 Bad

2 (4.2)

2 (2.4)

1 (1.2)

5 (2.3)

 

 Very bad

1 (2.1)

–

–

1 (0.5)

 

Low back pain before pregnancy in 2002

 No

5 (27.8)

21 (48.8)

18 (69.2)

44 (50.6)

0.025

 

 Yes

13 (72.2)

22 (51.2)

8 (30.8)

43 (49.2)

 

Pain status

 No pain

14 (26.9)

30 (36.6)

65 (72.2)

109 (48.7)

< 0.0001

 

 Pain

38 (73.1)

52 (63.4)

25 (27.8)

115 (51.3)

 

Pain intensity the past week (VASd), mean (SD)

38.0 (28.6)

41.4 (31.9)

15.2 (19.7)

31.68 (29.8)

 

< 0.0001

Pain intensity the past 12 months (VASd), mean (SD)

58.7 (23.4)

52.2 (23.9)

40.4 (20.0)

52.3 (23.9)

 

< 0.0001

Self-reported health (SRH)

 Very good

3 (5.7)

2 (2.5)

24 (26.4)

29 (12.9)

< 0.0001

 

 Quite good

19 (35.8)

29 (35.8)

52 (57.1)

100 (44.4)

 

 Fair

18 (34.0)

28 (34.6)

13 (14.3)

59 (26.2)

 

 Quite poor

12 (22.6)

17 (21.0)

1 (1.1)

30 (13.3)

 

 Poor

1 (1.9)

5 (6.2)

1 (1.1)

7 (3.1)

 
  1. Numbers in parenthesis are percentage unless otherwise specified
  2. aInterpersonally distressed
  3. bDysfunctional
  4. cAdapative copers
  5. dVisual Analogue Scale
  6. eSignificance test p < 0.05
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