Original research: What are important consequences in children with non-specific spinal pain? A qualitative study of Danish children aged 9–12 years

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037315

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BMJ Open. 2020; 10(10): e037315.

Published online 2020 Oct 20. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037315

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Table 1

The distribution of all participants according to age, gender and well-being

	Well-being	9 years	10 years	11 years	12 years	13 years	Total
Girls’ spinal pain ≥3 FPS-R	Low	6 (0)	10 (0)	6 (0)	2 (1)	0 (0)	24 (1)
	Normal	14 (1)	23 (1)	18 (2)	16 (2)	9 (0)	80 (6)
	High	2 (0)	1 (1)	0 (0)	3 (1)	0 (0)	6 (2)
Boys’ spinal pain ≥3 FPS-R	Low	3 (1)	5 (0)	3 (1)	1 (0)	0 (0)	12 (2)
	Normal	10 (0)	15 (2)	17 (4)	12 (2)	8 (0)	62 (8)
	High	0 (0)	1 (0)	1 (0)	13 (1)	0 (0)	15 (1)
Total spinal pain ≥3 FPS-R		35 (2)	55 (4)	45 (7)	47 (7)	17 (0)	199 (20)

Shows the distribution of eligible participants with non-specific spinal pain equal to or more than 2 on the FPS-R, who also reported spinal pain ‘sometimes’ or ‘often’ stratified according to their well-being. The number in parentheses is the number of participating interviewees.

FPS-R, revised faces pain scale.