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Table 4 Regression of outcomes on demographic and baseline values, treatment group and LH high or low. AR = active rehabilitation; MT = manual therapy; VAS = visual analogue scale; PRI = pain rated index; RMQ Roland Morris Questionnaire; Unemp = unemployed.

From: A comparison of manual therapy and active rehabilitation in the treatment of non specific low back pain with particular reference to a patient's Linton & Hallden psychological screening score: a pilot study

 

VAS

PRI

RMQ

Parameter

Coefficient (95% CI)

p

Coefficient (95% CI)

p

Coefficient(95% CI)

p

Treatment (AR)

15.8 (-6.0,37.5)

0.149

7.9 (0.4,15.5)

0.041

3.9 (0.1,7.7)

0.043

Male

-13.8 (-29.8,2.2)

0.089

-5.9 (-11.6,-.13)

0.045

-3.9 (-6.7,-1.2)

0.007

Employed*

7.0

0.456

0.2

0.941

2.0

0.250

Off sick*

24.7

0.107

12.3

0.021

3.6

0.169

Unemp*

24.3

0.295

22.8

0.008

4.7

0.250

LH Low

-8.5 (-28.9,12.0)

0.405

4.3 (-2.8,11.3)

0.228

0.9 (-3.0,4.8)

0.637

Age

-0.91 (-0.6,0.6)

0.977

0.1 (-0.1,0.3)

0.425

0.004 (-0.113,0.120)

0.951

Chronicity

-0.03–0.2, 0.1

0.648

-0.01 (-0.05,0.04)

0.788

-0.008 (-0.032,0.017)

0.527

AR × LH low

-3.7 (-33.2,25.9)

0.802

-5.6 (-15.5,4.4)

0.259

-0.6 (-5.6,4.5)

0.820

Baseline

0.28

0.098

0.6 (0.3,1.0)

0.001

0.7 (0.4,1.1)

0.000

  1. * compared to retired/not looking for work