Table 2 |
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Patient characteristics |
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| mean (n) |
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|
|
|
| Number of patients |
36 |
| women: men |
22:14 |
| Age (years) |
48 ± 2.0 |
| minimum-maximum |
29–72 |
| Duration of pain ± SEM (months) |
74 ± 17.4 |
| minimum-maximum |
4–480 |
|
|
|
| Diagnoses |
n (%)* |
|
|
|
| Degenerative and other non-inflammatory spinal column diseases: |
|
| Cervical disease: cervicovertebral syndrome |
8 (26) |
| cervicospondylogenic syndrome |
6 (19) |
| cervical compression syndrome |
0 (0) |
| Thoracic disease: thoracovertebral syndrome |
0 (0) |
| thoracospondylogenic syndrome |
1 (3) |
| thoracic compression syndrome |
0 (0) |
| Lumbar disease: lumbovertebral syndrome |
12 (39) |
| lumbar spondylogenic syndrome |
6 (19) |
| radicular compression syndrome |
2 (6) |
| State following disc surgery / discopathy |
7 (23) |
| Osteochondrosis |
1 (3) |
| Soft tissue rheumatism |
3 (10) |
| Systemic inflammatory joint and spinal column diseases |
3 (10) |
| Osteoporosis |
1 (3) |
| Other origins: constitutional weakness of connective tissue (ligament insufficiency) |
1 (3) |
| Somatisation disorder, impairment of coping with pain |
10 (32) |
| Psychogenic problems (depression, phobia, migraine, etc.) |
8 (26) |
| Psychogenic stress disorders |
5 (16) |
|
|
|
| Various reasons for premature discontinuation of IOPP: |
|
| • Incompatible ideas on concept of pain program |
|
| • Work overload |
|
| • Severe pain |
|
| • Physician prescribed exclusion (e.g. following acquired disc hernia) |
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|
* Multiple quotations are possible | |
Joos et al. Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine 2004 3:1 doi:10.1186/1477-5751-3-1 |
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