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Table 1 Baseline demographic information

From: Depicting individual responses to physical therapist led chronic pain self-management support with pain science education and exercise in primary health care: multiple case studies

Pair

High attendance, little change

Low attendance

High attendance, positive change

Participant

1

2

3

4

5

6

Age

48

36

47

51

49

45

Sex

Male

Female

Female

Male

Male

Female

Education

High school diploma

High school diploma

High school diploma

High school diploma

Less than high school diploma

Less than high school diploma

Duration of pain

5 years

12 years

20 years

5 years

31 years

28 years

Area of pain

Primary concern: left hip

Primary concern: widespread pain including - headaches, bilateral shoulders, wrists, lower back and legs

Primary concern: low back with referral into legs

Primary concern: left shoulder, arm, wrist, and hand

Primary concern: low back with referral into legs

Primary concern: bilateral shoulders

Secondary concerns: neck, right knee

Secondary concern: upper back and neck

Secondary concern: headaches, right shoulder, arm, and hand

Secondary concerns: headaches, neck, bilateral shoulder, arm, hand, foot, and ankle

Secondary concerns, left elbow, wrist, and hand, lower back, bilateral hips and knees

Diagnosis reported by participant

OA

FM

Disc herniation

FM, CRPS

No diagnosis

FM, OA

Medications

Acetaminophen, Gabapentin, Oxycodone, Percocet,

Celexa, Gabapentin, Lorazapam, Methadone, Olanzapine

Bisoprolol, Carbamazepine, Celecoxib, Clonazepam, Domperidone, Gabapentin, Mirtazapine, Tolterodine, Venlafaxine

Bisoprolol, Crestor, Cymbalta, Diclofenac, Hydromorphone, Plavix, Rabeprazole,

None

Celebrex, Cymbalta, Duvoid, Hydrochlorothiazide, Propranolol, Quetiapine

Comorbidities

None

Anxiety, Depression, PTSD

Anxiety, Depression, Hypertension, Urinary incontinence

Depression, Hypertension, Gastric reflux

None

Depression, Diabetes, Hypertension

  1. OA Osteoarthritis, FM Fibromyalgia, CRPS Complex regional pain syndrome, PTSD Post-traumatic stress disorder