Table 4 Characteristics of evaluation survey respondents

Age^a(mean [SD])

74.36 (4.24)

75.19 (4.11)

76.79 (5.94)

Sex

 Female

15 (60%)

23 (70%)

37 (61%)

 Not reported

0

1

2

Race^b

 Black or African American

1 (4%)

7 (24%)

8 (13%)

 Native American Indian or Alaska Native

1 (4%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander

1 (4%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 Asian

2 (8%)

2 (7%)

1 (2%)

 White

20 (80%)

20 (69%)

51 (84%)

 Other

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (2%)

 Multiple races

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 Not reported

0

5

2

Hispanic ethnicity

 Hispanic

0 (0%)

1 (3%)

3 (5%)

 Not reported

2

4

3

Education^c

 Less than high school graduate

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (2%)

 High school graduate or obtained general equivalent diploma

1 (4%)

4 (12%)

7 (11%)

 Associate’s degree

0 (0%)

3 (9%)

6 (10%)

 Some college

6 (24%)

6 (18%)

15 (24%)

 Four-year college graduate

7 (28%)

9 (27%)

13 (21%)

 Professional or graduate degree

11 (44%)

11 (33%)

21 (33%)

 Not reported

0

1

0

Marital status^d

 Married

14 (56%)

15 (47%)

33 (52%)

 Living with partner

0 (0%)

3 (9%)

2 (3%)

 Divorced

2 (8%)

7 (22%)

9 (14%)

 Separated

1 (4%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 Never married

1 (4%)

1 (3%)

2 (3%)

 Widowed

7 (28%)

6 (19%)

17 (27%)

 Not reported

0

2

0

How long has low back pain been an ongoing problem for you?^e

 3–6 months

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (2%)

 6 months-1 year

0 (0%)

1 (3%)

2 (3%)

 1–5 years

7 (28%)

10 (30%)

24 (40%)

 More than 5 years

18 (72%)

22 (67%)

33 (55%)

 Not reported

0

1

3

How often has low back pain been an ongoing problem for you over the past 6 months?^f

 Less than half the days in the past 6 months

15 (60%)

12 (36%)

33 (53%)

 At least half the days in the past 6 months

3 (12%)

10 (30%)

12 (19%)

 Every day or nearly every day in the past 6 months

7 (28%)

11 (33%)

17 (27%)

 Not reported

0

1

1

In the past 7 days how would you rate your low back pain on average? (mean [SD])

3.9 (1.82)

4.9 (2.31)

4.1 (2.16)