Long term outcomes of chronic pain patients attending a publicly funded community-based interdisciplinary pain program in the Greater Toronto area: results of a practice-based audit

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Table 6 Social health outcomes

Social status at entry	N	Status change at 6/12 months		% improvement/class
FT work	48	Better job	4	8%
		Missing data	4
		Different*	3
		Worse	1
		Unchanged	36
PT work	18	FT work	10	55%
		Missing data	2
		Different**	22
		Worse	1
		Unchanged	3
Disabled	48	FT work	7	29%
		PT work	6
		Back to school	1
		Unchanged	34
Student	14	Improved (from PT to FT, advancing to university etc.)	10	71%
		Missing data	2
		Unchanged	2
Miscellaneous***	4	Improved (return to work, school etc.)	3	75%***
Miscellaneous***	4	Missing data	1	75%***
Homemakers	8	Unchanged	8	–
Retirees	18	Unchanged	18	–
Total	158		158

*The designation indicates status change due to new event (laid off, work searching, new car accident)
**The designation indicates change in status due to new event (surgery, childbirth)
***Miscellaneous (volunteer, work searching, maternity leave etc.)