Table 2 Scores on individual items of the Back Belief Questionnaire (BBQ)
From: Back beliefs in patients with low back pain: a primary care cohort study
3 months | 12 months | |||||||||||||
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ITEM | Baseline n = 2293 | Total (n) = 1230 | LBP, n = 866 | no pain, n = 364 | Total (n) = 429 | LBP, n = 268 | no pain, n = 161 | |||||||
mean | agree % | mean | agree % | mean | agree % | mean | agree % | mean | Agree % | mean | agree % | mean | agree % | |
BBQ 1 There is no real treatment for back trouble | 4.3 | 6 | 4.3 | 8 | 4.1 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 4.2 | 9 | 4.0 | 10 | 4.5 | 7 |
BBQ 2 Back trouble will eventually stop you from working | 3.8 | 19 | 3.8 | 17 | 3.8 | 16 | 3.9 | 18 | 3.5 | 26 | 3,5 | 25. | 3.5 | 14 |
BBQ 3 Back trouble means periods of pain for the rest of one’s life | 3.7 | 17 | 3.8 | 16 | 3.6 | 18 | 4.1 | 10 | 3.6 | 20 | 3.3 | 28. | 4.2 | 6 |
BBQ4 Doctors cannot do anything for back troublea | 3.8 | 17 | 3.7 | 17 | 3.6 | 19 | 4.0 | 12 | 3.6 | 20 | 3.4 | 25 | 3.9 | 12 |
BBQ5 A bad back should be exercisedab | 4.5 | 4 | 4.4 | 8 | 4.4 | 6 | 4.5 | 7 | 4.5 | 5 | 4.5 | 6 | 4.6 | 4 |
BBQ 6 Back trouble makes everything in life worse | 3,1 | 32 | 3.3 | 26 | 3,3 | 24 | 3.2 | 32 | 3.1 | 31 | 3.1 | 31 | 3.1 | 32 |
BBQ 7 Surgery is the most effective way to treat back troublea | 4.4 | 3 | 4.3 | 4 | 4.3 | 8 | 4.3 | 4 | 4.2 | 5 | 4.2 | 6 | 4.3 | 3 |
BBQ 8 Back trouble may mean you will end up in a wheelchair | 3.7 | 17 | 3.6 | 20 | 3,6 | 18 | 3.4 | 26 | 3.4 | 21 | 3.5 | 19 | 3.3 | 24 |
BBQ 9 Alternative treatments are the answer to back troublea | 3.7 | 18 | 3.3 | 16 | 3.3 | 16 | 3.3 | 15 | 3.3 | 17 | 3.3 | 16 | 3.2 | 17 |
BBQ 10 Back trouble means long periods of time off work | 3,7 | 12 | 3.9 | 8 | 3.9 | 7 | 3.7 | 12 | 3.9 | 10 | 3.9 | 9 | 3.8 | 12 |
BBQ 11 Medication is the only way of relieving back troublea | 4.3 | 5 | 4.2 | 6. | 4.2 | 6 | 4.4 | 4 | 4.2 | 6 | 4.2 | 6 | 4.2 | 6 |
BBQ 12 Once you have had back trouble there is always a weakness | 3.7 | 17 | 3.6 | 18 | 3.5 | 20 | 3.9 | 13 | 3.5 | 21 | 3.4 | 24 | 3.7 | 17 |
BBQ 13 back trouble must be rested | 3.3 | 23 | 3.4 | 20 | 3.4 | 20 | 3.5 | 20 | 3.4 | 19 | 3.4 | 20 | 3.6 | 18 |
BBQ 14 Later in life back trouble gets progressively worse | 2.9 | 34 | 3.2 | 26 | 3.1 | 30 | 3.4 | 18 | 3.0 | 31 | 2.9 | 38 | 3.3 | 21 |