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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

From: Psychological distress and musculoskeletal pain in manual therapists during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden: a cross-sectional study

Variable

n=d

Total

Age (years)a

762

44 ± 11.3

Gender

762

 

 Maleb

 

414 (54%)

 Femaleb

 

348 (46%)

 Otherb

 

0 (0%)

Occupation

762

 

 Licensed Naprapathb

 

470 (62%)

 Licensed Chiropractorb

 

242 (32%)

 Naprapath undergoing licensing practiceb

 

45 (6%)

 Chiropractor undergoing licensing practiceb

 

5 (0%)

Number of hours clinically active/week previous 3 monthsa

760

28.4 ± 11.3

Other employmentb

762

160 (21%)

Business owner

746

557 (75%)

Clinical interferences due to authorities’ recommendations

755

273 (36%)

Regular tobacco consumption

755

 

 Smokingb

 

3 (0%)

 Snusb

 

119 (16%)

Number of days physically active/weeka

755

3.8 ± 1.6

Self-reported previous/ongoing SARS-CoV-2 infectionb

671

149 (22%)

Self-reported SARS-CoV-2 antibodiesb

328

50 (15%)

Self-reported negative physical health due to COVID-19 pandemicb

762

152 (20%)

Self-reported negative psychological health due to COVID-19 pandemicb

762

329 (43%)

Medical conditionbc

751

131 (17%)

  1. aValues reported as mean and standard deviation (±)
  2. bValues reported as number (n =) and percentage (%) of the sample
  3. cCancer, metabolic, cardiovascular, auto-immune, neurological disease
  4. dNumber of participants answering the question