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Table 4 Baseline assessments

From: The effect of massage therapy and/or exercise therapy on subacute or long-lasting neck pain - the Stockholm neck trial (STONE): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Baseline

Contains

Instruments

Baseline A (phone call maximum 7 days before first visit)

General Information [39, 62]

Informed consent for the enrolment in the study

 

Sex

 

Housing and housing environment

 

Education

 

Occupational class [63]

 

Previous experience from massage therapy and/or personal trainer (YES/NO)

 

Neck pain

Pain intensity and disability related disability in neck [35]

Chronic Pain Questionnaire

Duration of neck pain

 

Previous episode of neck pain

 

Baseline B (paper questionnaire at first visit)

Lifestyle [36, 39]

Height and weight

 

Cigarette smoking [64]

 

Leisure time and occupational physical activity [65]

 

Physical demands at work [40, 41]

 

General health

Self-rated health [66]

 

Health related quality of life [38]

EQ-5D

Psychological distress [67]

GHQ-12

Emotional well-being

 

Anxiety, worry, anguish [68]

 

Expectation of recovery

 

Sleeping problems [42]

 

Persistent fatigue

 

Chronic diseases

Diabetes

 

Cardiovascular disease

 

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Psoriasis