Table 4 Spearman’s rho correlation coefficient of the sum score of PSEQ-Am with the sub-scale of the SF-36 (N = 239)
SF-36 | Correlation with total score of PSEQ-Am (95% CI) (n = 239) | Correlation by duration of pain (95% CI) | Correlation by sex of the participants (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acute LBP (n = 52) | Chronic LBP (n = 187) | Male (n = 97) | Female (n = 142) | ||
Physical functioning (PF) | 0.38 (0.26–0.48) ** | 0.22 (−0.10–0.52) | 0.44 (0.30–0.56) ** | 0.48 (0.30–0.63) ** | 0.32 (0.14–0.48) ** |
Role Functioning Physical (RP) | 0.32 (0.19–0.43) ** | 0.52 (0.28–0.70) ** | 0.24 (0.13–0.40) ** | 0.37 (0.18–0.54) ** | 0.27 (0.09–0.42) ** |
Social Functioning (SF) | 0.36 (0.25–0.47) ** | 0.45 (0.21–0.65**) | 0.35 (0.21–0.50) ** | 0.46 (0.23–0.62) ** | 0.28 (0.13–0.44) ** |
Bodily pain (BP) | 0.51 (0.40–0.61) ** | 0.67 (0.47–0.80) ** | 0.46 (0.33–0.56) ** | 0.55 (0.37–0.68) ** | 0.47 (0.32–0.60) ** |
Role Functioning Emotional (RE) | 0.28 (0.17–0.4) ** | 0.22 (−0.02–0.43) | 0.29 (0.15–0.42) ** | 0.36 (0.16–0.53) ** | 0.21 (0.05–0.36) ** |
Emotional Well-Being (EW) | 0.36** (0.23–0.47) | 0.23 (0.16–0.67) | 0.42**(0.23–0.53) | 0.55 (0.40–0.68) ** | 0.24 (0.08–0.40) ** |
Energy /Vitality (VT) | 0.31** (0.20–0.42) | 0.17 (−0.07–0.44) | 0.36 (0.22–0.49) ** | 0.39 (0.18–0.57) ** | 0.24 (0.06–0.40) ** |
General health perception (GH) | 0.40** (0.28–0.52) | 0.36 (0.10–0.58) ** | 0.45 (0.32–0.56) ** | 0.44 (0.23–0.60) ** | 0.37 (0.20–0.51) ** |