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Table 5 Individual changes in ratings of pain, disability and overall health

From: Physiotherapist-led rehabilitation for patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain: interventions and promising long-term outcomes

  

Individual change from:

Ratings of:

Start of program, group level

start to discharge

discharge to 1-year follow-up

start to 1-year follow-up

start to 1-year follow-up, %

NPRS1 0–10

median

[q1, q3]

7

[5, 8]

n = 265

-1

[-3, 0]

p < 0.001

n = 242

0

[-1, 1]

p = 0.36

n = 171

-1

[-3, 0]

p < 0.001

n = 178

-17%

[-43, 0] %

n = 178

DRI2, 0–100

median

[q1, q3], mm

48

[31, 62]

n = 256

-6

[-15, 2]

p < 0.001

n = 230

-1.5

[-9, 6]

p = 0.26

n = 168

-6

[-18, 5]

p < 0.001

n = 175

-15%

[-44, 13] %

n = 175

EQVAS3,0–100

median

[q1, q3], mm

50

[35, 70]

n = 259

10

[0, 20]

p < 0.001

n = 232

0

[-10, 10]

p = 0.82

n = 164

7.5

[-5, 25]

p < 0.001

n = 170

14%

[-7, 50] %

n = 170

  1. Ratings of pain, disability and overall health at start of the rehabilitation-program PT-PRP and median of individual changes in ratings from start to discharge of program, from discharge to 1-year follow-up and from start to 1-year follow-up (one year after discharge of the rehabilitation-program)
  2. 1 = NPRS (Numeric Pain Rating Scale) 0–10; 0 = no pain, 10 = worst pain imaginable, 2 = DRI (Disability Rating Index, mean mm of physical disability of 12 activities) 0–100, 0 = no disability, 100 = cannot at all carry out, 3 = EQVAS (EuroQol five dimensions questionnaire, visual analogue scale), 0–100, 0 = worst perceived overall health imaginable 100 = best perceived overall health imaginable. For details see Methods. Note that for the NPRS- and DRI-scales, a higher rating means worse outcome, and the reverse for EQVAS
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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