Low back pain beliefs are associated to age, location of work, education and pain-related disability in Chinese healthcare professionals working in China: a cross sectional survey

Table 5 Summary of the estimates from the multivariable regression model for FABQ-Physical (N = 231) and FABQ-Work (N = 230)

	FABQ-Physical						FABQ-Work
	Marginal means	Unstandardised regression coefficient¹	95% CI			p-value	Marginal means	Unstandardised regression coefficient¹	95% CI			p-value
Location of work
Metropolitan hospitals	17.9	REF					17.6	REF
Regional community health centres	16.8	−1.1	−2.6	-	0.4	0.148	17.0	−0.6	−3.2	-	2.0	0.639
Occupation
Nurses	17.7	REF				0.781²	17.5	REF				0.483²
Medical practitioners	17.4	−0.3	−2.2	-	1.5	0.728	17.5	0.0	−3.2	-	3.2	0.996
Therapists	17.4	−0.3	−2.9	-	2.3	0.814	18.7	1.3	−3.2	-	5.7	0.572
TCMP	15.8	−1.9	−5.6	-	1.9	0.324	13.3	−4.2	−10.7	-	2.2	0.200
Other	16.4	−1.3	−4.0	-	1.3	0.325	15.3	−2.1	−6.7	-	2.4	0.359
LBP Disability
LBP low disability	16.4	REF					15.1	REF
LBP high disability	19.2	2.8	1.5	-	4.1	<0.001	21.3	6.2	4.0	-	8.4	<0.001
Gender
Male	17.7	REF					19.5	REF
Female	17.3	−0.4	−2.1	-	1.4	0.677	16.5	−3.0	−6.0	-	0.0	0.053
Age
20 to29 yrs	17.4	REF				0.847²	17.6	REF				0.044²
30 to 39 yrs	17.7	0.4	−1.3	-	2.0	0.665	19.3	1.7	−1.1	-	4.4	0.239
40 yrs or greater	17.3	−0.1	−1.6	-	1.5	0.924	15.9	−1.7³	−4.4	-	0.9	0.205
Academic Qualification
Secondary technical	18.5	REF				0.165²	18.0	REF				0.618²
Junior college/Senior High	17.2	−1.3	−3.0	-	0.4	0.137	17.6	−0.5	−3.4	-	2.4	0.753
Bachelor degree	17.7	−0.8	−2.7	-	1.2	0.446	17.4	−0.7	−4.0	-	2.7	0.689
Postgraduate degree	15.5	−2.9	−5.8	-	0.0	0.049	14.8	−3.2	−8.2	-	1.8	0.205

¹ adjusted for all other independent variables.
² Joint Wald test for coefficients.
³ contrast to ’30-39 yrs’ category = −3.4 (95% CI: −6.0 to −0.7, p = .013).
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.

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