Use and perceived added value of patient-reported measurement instruments by physiotherapists treating acute low back pain: a survey study among Dutch physiotherapists

Table 4 Prediction models for association between measurement instrument usage and therapist characteristics

	Number of measurement instruments			Use of SBT (yes/no)			Use of QBPDS (yes/no)
	B	95% CI	p-value	OR	95% CI	p-value	OR	95% CI	p-value
Gender	1.3	0.6–2.0	< 0.001	n.s.			n.s.
PT experience^a	n.s.			n.s.			0.3	0.1–0.9	0.029
LBP experience^b	n.s.			4.2	1.6–11.1	0.004	0.2	0.1–0.5	0.001
E-health affinity^c	n.s.			n.s.			n.s.

^a PT experience dichotomised as: ≤10 years (reference group) vs. > 10 years;
^b LBP experience dichotomised as: ≤50 patients/year (reference group) vs. > 50 patients/year
^c E-health affinity dichotomised as: no to average affinity (reference group) vs. high to very high affinity;
B b-coefficient;
OR odds ratio;
CI confidence interval;
SBT STarT Back Screening Tool;
QBPDS Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale;
PT physiotherapist
n.s. not significant (p > 0.05)

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