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Table 2 Sample description

From: An experimental study to inform adoption of mindfulness-based stress reduction in chronic low back pain

Characteristic

Mean (SD) or N (%)

Age

53.22 (16.33)

Gender

 Male

142 (31.3)

 Female

303 (67.0)

 Others

7 (1.5)

Race/ethnicity

 White

381 (84.3)

 Hispanic

17 (3.8)

 Black

18 (4.0)

 Asian

28 (6.2)

 Native American

13 (2.9)

 Pacific Islander

6 (1.3)

Employment

 Working

229 (50.7)

 Not working, looking for work

7 (1.5)

 Not working, not looking for work (sick leave, disability, student)

26 (5.7)

 Retired

131 (29.0)

 Temporarily laid off

8 (1.8)

 Homemaker

7 (1.5)

 Others

37 (8.2)

Education

 High school diploma or less

22 (4.9)

 Some college

83 (18.4)

 Associates or certificate

74 (16.3)

 Bachelor’s degree

140 (31.0)

 Graduate degree

130 (28.8)

Back pain interference (0–10 scale)

5.53 (1.71)

PROMIS Pain interference

63.20 (4.98)

PROMIS Physical function

34.02 (4.78)

PROMIS Sleep problems

54.07 (7.88)

Attitudes (1–7 scale)

5.65 (1.14)

Norms (1–7 scale)

4.42 (1.59)

Self-efficacy/control (1–7 scale)

5.85 (0.92)

Acceptability (1–5 scale)

3.95 (0.85)

Appropriateness (1–5 scale)

3.83 (0.92)

Feasibility (1–5 scale)

3.88 (0.67)

Intentions for MBSR classes (1–7 scale)

4.98 (1.65)

Intentions for MBSR home practice (1–7 scale)

5.41 (1.48)

  1. Norms, self-efficacy/control, acceptability, appropriateness, feasibility, and intentions all used a Likert scale with 1 corresponding to strongly disagree and the highest value corresponding to strongly agree