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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study sample

From: The effects of telehealth-delivered mindfulness meditation, cognitive therapy, and behavioral activation for chronic low back pain: a randomized clinical trial

Self-reported characteristic

Treatment group

Total

(N = 302)

Behavioral activation (n = 101)

Cognitive therapy (n = 99)

Mindfulness meditation (n = 102)

Demographics

 Age, mean (SD)

51.0 (12.2)

46.9 (14.7)

49.4 (14.7)

49.1 (14.0)

 Median (Min., Max.)

51.0 (20.0, 76.0)

46.0 (19.0, 89.0)

50.0 (19.0, 81.0)

48.5 (19.0, 89.0)

Gender identity, n (%)

 Woman

78 (80.4)

78 (78.8)

76 (76.8)

232 (78.6)

 Man

18 (18.6)

18 (18.2)

21 (21.2)

57 (19.1)

 Transgender

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.0)

1 (0.3)

 Non-binary

1 (1.0)

2 (2.0)

1 (1.0)

4 (1.4)

 Other/unspecified

0 (0.0)

1 (1.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.3)

Self-identified Hispanic or Latin origin, n (%) yes

11 (11.2)

3 (3.0)

12 (11.9)

26 (8.7)

Self-identified race, n (%)

 White

75 (77.3)

83 (84.7)

72 (72.7)

230 (78.2)

 Black/African American

8 (8.2)

4 (4.1)

8 (8.1)

20 (6.8)

 Latinx

8 (8.2)

3 (3.1)

8 (8.1)

19 (6.5)

 Othera

6 (6.2)

8 (8.2)

11 (11.1)

25 (8.5)

Education level, n (%) in category

 High school or less

4 (4.1)

9 (9.1)

10 (9.9)

23 (7.7)

 Some college/technical

23 (23.5)

27 (27.3)

24 (23.8)

74 (24.8)

 Associate/college degree or higher

71 (72.4)

63 (63.6)

67 (66.3)

201 (67.5)

Employment/disability status, n (%)

 Employed

40 (41.2)

32 (32.3)

44 (43.6)

116 (39.1)

 On disability

35 (36.1)

38 (38.4)

39 (38.6)

112 (37.7)

 Retired

9 (9.3)

13 (13.1)

11 (10.9)

33 (11.1)

 Otherb

13 (13.6)

16 (16.1)

7 (7.0)

36 (12.1)

Married/living with significant other, n (%)

54 (55.1)

52 (52.5)

55 (54.4)

161 (54.0)

  1. aIncludes n = 16 Asian; n = 6 American Indian/Alaska Native; n = 3 Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; also, some individuals are multiracial
  2. bIncludes n = 10 students, n = 10 unemployed, n = 6 home makers, n = 3 temporarily laid off, n = 7 other
  3. Missing values: 4 for age, 7 for gender identity, 4 for Latinx, 8 for race, 4 for education, 5 for employment, and 4 for marital status