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Table 3 Functional outcomes

From: Back pain outcomes in primary care following a practice improvement intervention:- a prospective cohort study

Outcome (possible change)

Median change

Significance

 

Cohort 1

Cohort 2

(2-sided p)

Pain severity (/9)

-4.0

-4.0

0.864

Symptom frequency scale (Deyo 1988)

   

Back pain bothersomeness

-1.0

-1.5

0.625

Interference with work

-2.0

-1.5

0.675

Life impact (/4)

-1.0

-1.0

0.364

Cut down activity (/28

-2.0

-5.0

0.252

Cut down work (/28)

-1.0

-1.0

0.607

SF-12 subscales

   

   General health (/4)

0.0

0.0

0.180

   Interference with normal work (/4)

-1.0

-1.0

0.298

   Feeling calm (/4)

0.0

0.0

0.891

   Having energy (/4)

0.0

-1.0

0.190

   Feeling downhearted (/4)

0.0

-1.0

0.151