Table 3.

Characteristics of Sample and Responses to Tennessee Functional Status Questionnaire (TFSQ) Questions (Study Participants, Demographics, and Descriptive Statistics)

VariableResponseM (SD) or Frequency (%)
Age (n = 120)-58.52 (14.93)
Height (n = 115)-65.93 (4.11)
Weight (n = 117)-189.49 (53.29)
Site (n = 120)
Pain clinic56 (46.7%)
University Family Physicians (UFP)63 (52.5%)
Missing1 (0.8%)
Gender
Man41 (34.25%)
Woman77 (64.2%)
Missing2 (1.7%)
Race
Caucasian106 (92.2%)
African American6 (5.0%)
Asian2 (1.75)
Other1 (0.8%)
Missing5 (4.2%)
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic102 (85.0%)
Hispanic3 (2.5%)
Missing15 (12.5%)
Performance
(TFSQ 1)
A (<3 METs)48 (40.0%)
B (3 to <4 METs)18 (15.0%)
C (4 to <5 METs)12 (10.0%)
D 5 to < 6 METs)22 (18.3%)
E (>= 6 METs)6 (5.0%)
Missing14 (11.7%)
Capacity
(TFSQ 2)
A (<3 METs)30 (25.0%)
B (3 to <4 METs)14 (11.7%)
C (4 to <5 METs)12 (10.0%)
D 5 to < 6 METs)21 (17.5%)
E (>= 6 METs)27 (22.5%)
Missing16 (13.3%)
Activity
(TFSQ 3)
More active14 (11.7%)
Less active41 (34.7%)
No change63 (52.5%)
Missing2 (1.7%)
Pain
(TFSQ 4)
No39 (32.5%)
Yes78 (65.0%)
Missing3 (2.5%)
Acute care
(TFSQ 5)
No95 (79.2%)
Yes23 (19.2%)
Missing2 (1.6%)
  • Abbreviations: METs, metabolic equivalents; SD, standard deviation.