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Table 1 Pre and post initial visit mean scores

From: Preliminary study into the components of the fear-avoidance model of LBP: change after an initial chiropractic visit and influence on outcome

Variable

Pre Visit

Post Visit

p value (pre-post)

 

Range

Mean (SD)

Range

Mean (SD)

 

PSS

0-72

50.8(18.0)

0-72

52.9(19.3)

0.038*

CSQ

0-36

7.9(8.1)

0-24

5.5(6.9)

0.001**

FABQ

1-23

14.6(5.5)

0-23

11.1(5.2)

0.001*

BBQ

15-24

30.4(7.5)

14-45

31.0(7.7)

ns*

Pain (NRS)

1-10

6.1(2.2)

0-9

4.2(2.2)

0.001*

  1. PSS = Pain related self-efficacy, CSQ = Catastrophising, FABQ-Fear Avoidance, BBQ = Negative back beliefs, * = Paired Sample T Test, ** = Wilcoxon's Signed Ranks Test, ns = not significant