| |
Marginal Means
|
Unstandardised regression coefficient1
|
95% CI
|
p-value
|
|---|
|
Location of work
| | | | | | |
|
Metropolitan hospitals
|
29.5
|
REF
| | | | |
|
Regional community health centres
|
27.1
|
−2.4
|
−3.8
|
-
|
−1.0
|
0.001
|
|
Occupation
| | | | | | |
|
Nurses
|
28.1
|
REF
| | | |
0.7732
|
|
Medical practitioners
|
29.0
|
0.9
|
−0.9
|
-
|
2.7
|
0.341
|
|
Therapists
|
28.1
|
0.0
|
−2.3
|
-
|
2.3
|
1.000
|
|
TCMP
|
29.7
|
1.6
|
−1.6
|
-
|
4.8
|
0.321
|
|
Other
|
28.1
|
0.0
|
−2.4
|
-
|
2.4
|
0.977
|
|
LBP Disability
| | | | | | |
|
No LBP
|
28.5
|
REF
| | | |
0.3872
|
|
LBP low disability
|
28.8
|
0.3
|
−1.0
|
-
|
1.6
|
0.650
|
|
LBP high disability
|
27.6
|
−0.9
|
−2.5
|
-
|
0.8
|
0.298
|
|
Gender
| | | | | | |
|
Male
|
29.4
|
REF
| | | | |
|
Female
|
28.0
|
−1.4
|
−3.0
|
-
|
0.2
|
0.082
|
|
Age
| | | | | | |
|
20 to29 yrs
|
27.2
|
REF
| | | |
0.0052
|
|
30 to 39 yrs
|
28.0
|
0.8
|
−0.8
|
-
|
2.3
|
0.326
|
|
40 yrs or greater
|
29.6
|
2.43
|
0.9
|
-
|
3.9
|
0.001
|
|
Academic Qualification
| | | | | | |
|
Secondary technical school
|
28.5
|
REF
| | | |
0.9512
|
|
Junior college/Senior High
|
28.2
|
−0.3
|
−2.0
|
-
|
1.3
|
0.683
|
|
Undergraduate degree
|
28.6
|
0.1
|
−1.9
|
-
|
2.0
|
0.956
|
|
Postgraduate degree
|
28.3
|
−0.3
|
−2.9
|
-
|
2.3
|
0.843
|
-
1
adjusted for all other independent variables.
-
2
Joint Wald test for coefficients.
-
3
contrast to ’30-39 yrs’ category = 1.6(95% CI: 0.1 to 3.1, p = .036).
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TCMP = Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners.
-
Other: included trainee medical practitioners, trainee therapists or medical practitioners in other fields for example obstetricians or surgeons who have had experience managing patients with LBP.
