BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Table 3 Spearman correlation coefficients, for each instrument for STarT-G-total score and subscale score

From: Validation of the German version of the STarT-Back Tool (STarT-G): a cohort study with patients from primary care practices

	Total	95 % CI		Subscale	95 % CI
RMDQ	0.46^a	0.32	0.58	0.39^a	0.25	0.52
PCS	0.30^a	0.17	0.43	0.40^a	0.27	0.52
TSK	0.28^a	0.14	0.41	0.30^a	0.17	0.42
HADS-D	0.32^a	0.19	0.43	0.34^a	0.21	0.46

HADS-D Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (Depression), PCS Pain Catastrophizing Scale, RMDQ Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire, TSK Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia
^asignificant (two-tailed, level = 0.01)

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