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Table 3 Univariate and multivariate associations of the effects of interventions on outcome measures of capability to work at 18 months (recovered capability to work: yes, n = 84; no, n = 23)

From: Recovering the capability to work among patients with chronic low Back pain after a four-week, multidisciplinary biopsychosocial rehabilitation program: 18-month follow-up study

Variables (T0–T1)

OR (95% CI)

Univariate p-value

Adjusted OR † (95% CI)

Multivariate

p-value

COMI Total

1.54 (1.06; 2.38)

0.04*

1.61 (1.05; 2.66)

0.04*

COMI Pain

1.25 (0.95; 1.68)

0.11

1.25 (0.93; 1.73)

0.15

COMI Function

1.16 (0.93; 1.46)

0.18

1.25 (0.92; 1.71)

0.15

COMI Disability

0.96 (0.85; 1.12)

0.60

0.99 (0.84; 1.16)

0.91

COMI sQOL

1.29 (1.04; 1.64)

0.03*

1.27 (0.99; 1.70)

0.07

COMI gQOL

1.48 (1.11; 2.04)

0.01*

1.58 (1.12; 2.37)

0.02*

ODI

1.05 (1.01; 1.11)

0.051

1.10 (1.02; 1.18)

0.01*

TSK

1.05 (0.97; 1.12)

0.18

1.05 (0.98; 1.13)

0.19

HADS depression

1.12 (0.94; 1.32)

0.20

1.15 (0.95; 1.40)

0.15

HADS anxiety

1.20 (0.98; 1.48)

0.08

1.28 (1.01; 1.68)

0.055

PCS

0.96 (0.88; 1.02)

0.24

0.93 (0.84; 1.02)

0.15

MCS

0.97 (0.91; 1.01)

0.16

0.96 (0.90–; 1.01)

0.16

  1. T0 at baseline, T1 end of program, COMI Core Outcome Measure Index, sQol symptom-related Quality of Life, gQol general Quality of Life, ODI Oswestry Disability Index (range 0–100), TSK Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (range 17–68); HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (range 0–21), PCS physical quality of life (range 0–100), MCS mental quality of life (range 0–100)
  2. † Adjusted for age, sex, and duration of incapability to work at baseline
  3. P values were obtained using univariate and multivariate logistic regression