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Table 1 Comparison of the participants’ general characteristics by treatment groups

From: Comparative efficacy of three active treatment modules on psychosocial variables in patients with long-term mechanical low-back pain: a randomized-controlled trial

 

MPG

MPSBEEG

MPDBEEG

  

Variable

(n = 25)

(n = 22)

(n = 20)

  
 

Mean (95 %CI)

Mean (95 %CI)

Mean (95 %CI)

F-ratio

p-value*

Age (yr)

50.6 (47.5 – 53.7)

51.2 (47.9 – 54.5)

53.8 (50.6 – 57.0)

1.106

0.339

Height (m)

1.67 (1.65 – 1.69)

1.66 (1.64 – 1.68)

1.68 (1.66 – 1.70)

2.185

0.331

Weight (Kg)

76.3 (72.2 – 80.4)

75.2 (69.3 – 81.1)

77.2 (72.2 – 82.3)

0.156

0.856

BMI (Kg/m2)

27.5 (25.8 – 29.2)

27.3 (25.0 – 29.6)

26.9 (25.1 – 28.7)

0.093

0.912

VAS average

6.04 (5.28 – 6.80)

6.54 (5.78 – 7.30)

6.10 (5.26 – 6.94)

1.203

0.307

 

Mean rank

Mean rank

Mean rank

H

p-value**

BBQ

28.1

35.1

40.3

4.788

0.091

PSEQ

32.8

33.4

36.3

0.408

0.815

FABQ-P

33.8

35.2

32.9

0.166

0.920

FABQ-W

30.2

35.2

37.5

1.840

0.399

OLBPQ

45.2

41.5

45.3

0.365

0.574

  1. MPG McKenzie Protocol Group, MPSBEEG McKenzie Protocol plus Static Back Endurance Exercise Group, MPDBEEG McKenzie Protocol plus Dynamic Back Endurance Exercise Group, CI Confidence Interval, VAS Visual Analogue Scale, BBQ Back belief questionnaire, PSEQ Pain self efficacy questionnaire, FABQ-P Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire – (Physical), FABQ-W Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (Work), ODI Oswestry Disability Index
  2. *indicates - One-way ANOVA; **indicates - Kruskal Wallis test
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