Table 1 Demographic and baseline characteristics of patients
Statistics | |
|---|---|
Age (year) | |
Mean ± SD | 45.6 ± 10.70 |
Range | 18–73 |
Marital status | |
Single | 36 (18.4%) |
Married | 160 (81.6%) |
Education | |
Primary | 53 (27%) |
Secondary | 86 (43.9%) |
Higher | 57 (29.1%) |
Employment | |
Employed | 34 (17.3%) |
Unemployed | 162 (82.7%) |
Diagnosis | |
Fibromyalgia | 134 (68.4%) |
Periarthritis | 13 (6.6%) |
Osteoarthritis | 30 (15.3%) |
Low Back Pain | 7 (3.6%) |
Others | 12 (6.1%) |
Time since diagnosis (month) | |
Fibromyalgia (means ± SD) | 46.37 ± 61.83 |
Other diseases (means ± SD) | 16.61 ± 20.64 |