Translation and validation of the German version of the Bournemouth questionnaire for low back pain

Table 4 External construct validity of items on the German BQ LBP

BQ scale	Oswestry pre- treatment (r)	Oswestry post-treatment *(r)*	SF-36 pre-treatment *(r)*	SF-36 post-treatment *(r)*
Pain	.51	.79	.55	.57
Physical function	.51	.78	.54	.55
Social function	.50	.72	.30	.54
Anxiety	.55		.53	.68
Depression	.52		.56	.44
Work-related fear avoidance	.66		.24	.24
Pain control	.24		.17*	.29
Total score	.59	.82	.67	.77

* = not statistically significant. All other correlations are significant at p < 0.02.

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