Skip to main content

Table 1 Additional demographic and health information of participants (N = 23)

From: Measuring the impact of chronic low back pain on everyday functioning: content validity of the Roland Morris disability questionnaire

  

N

%

Race

White/Caucasian

16

69.6

Black/African America

5

21.7

American Indian/Alaska Native

1

4.3

Other (stated as minority)

1

4.3

Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino

3

13.0

Non-Hispanic/Latino

20

87.0

Education

Did not complete high school

4

17.4

High school diploma (or GED)

5

21.7

Some college or certificate program

8

34.8

College or university degree (2- or 4-year)

4

17.4

Graduate degree

1

4.3

Other

1

4.3

Employment

Employed full-time (= 40 h per week)

13

56.5

Employed part-time (<  40 h per week)

1

4.3

Homemaker

0

N/A

Student

0

N/A

Retired

7

30.4

Unemployed

0

N/A

Other (both participants self-employed)*

2

8.7

If retired, is this due to CLBP? (n = 7)

Yes

5

71.4

No

2

28.6

  1. *Being ‘self-employed’ was not differentiated in the demographic form as a separate option to ‘employed’ however, two participants indicated this within the ‘other’ category