Table 3. Admission causes of the patients stratified by age
< 18 (n=30) 18-40 (n=363) 40-60 (n=510) >60 (n=175)
Follow-up and prescription Fibromyalgia
Neuropathic pain
Osteoporosis
Rheumatic diseases
Other disorders
25 (83.3%) 0 0 0 0 25 56 (15.4%) 16 11 1 19 9 109 (21.4%) 41 29 8 18 13 58 (33.2%) 12 23 11 8 4
Low back pain 1 (3.3%) 86 (23.7%) 94 (18.4%) 17 (9.7%)
Peripheral arthralgia > 5 joints
>1 joint
Hip
Knee
Ankle / Foot
Shoulder
Elbow
Wrist / Hand
4 (13.4%) 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 129 (35.5%) 17 6 15 23 5 41 3 18 177 (34.7%) 12 1 16 25 12 74 16 10 64 (36.5%) 5 1 2 27 2 24 1 2
Neck Pain 0 (0%) 36 (9.9%) 58 (11.4%) 4 (2.3%)
Neuropathic Pain 0 (0%) 14 (3.9%) 22 (4.3%) 18 (10.3%)
Other 0 (0%) 42 (11.6%) 46 (9%) 14 (8%)