Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of Patient Groups Across Whole Cohort

	NHS Funded (n = 3371)	Private Patients (n = 4851)	Significance
Age (mean)	49.1	49.2	NS
Days to first appointment (mean)	1.5	0.43	a
Female (%)	60.2	48.3	a
New patient (%)	78.0	61.1	a
Seen before (%)	2.7	21.1	a
Head pain (%)	5.8	2.8	a
NP (%)	36.7	31.0	a
Shoulder pain (%)	23.7	23.1	NS
Back pain (%)	78.6	73.8	a
Upper arm pain (%)	5.5	4.9	NS
Lower arm pain (%)	6.1	4.3	a
Above knee pain (%)	32.8	23.1	a
Below knee pain (%)	13.7	8.5	a
Pain >30 d in a year (%)	54.9	46.5	a
Reoccurring (%)	76.0	64.1	a
Days since 30 d of no pain (%)			a
<3 mo	32.7	56.0
3-12 mo	33.4	21.6
1-5 y	21.5	13.1
6-10 y	4.6	3.3
>10 y	6.8	4.8
BQ scores (mean)
Pain	6.7	6.2	a
ADL	6.2	5.5	a
Social	5.7	4.9	a
Anxiety	5.6	4.5	a
Depression	4.4	3.0	a
Work	5.9	4.8	a
LOC	5.7	4.9	a
Total	40.2	34.0	a

ADL, activities of daily living;
BQ, Bournemouth questionnaire;
LOC,locus of control;
NHS, National Health Service;
NP, neck pain;
NS, not significant.

a P < .01, χ² test.