Table 1 Patients’ socio-demographic characteristics (N = 168)
Age | |
Mean (±SD) | 60 (±16.4) |
Sex | |
Male | 71 (42.8) |
Female | 95 (57.2) |
Origin | |
Swiss | 113 (69.3) |
Other | 50 (30.7) |
Educational level | |
Basic/apprenticeship | 88 (59.1) |
Professional diploma/high school/college | 33 (22.1) |
University | 28 (18.8) |
Marital status | |
Single | 23 (13.7) |
Married/civil partnership | 90 (53.9) |
Divorced/separated | 38 (22.8) |
Widower | 16 (9.6%) |
Complementary medicine health insurance | |
Yes | 98 (60.1) |
No | 58 (35.6) |
Does not know | 7 (4.3) |
Duration of pain | |
1–12 months | 23 (14.3) |
1–5 years | 62 (38.5) |
More than 5 years | 76 (47.2) |