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Table 4 Odds of reporting ≥1 psychological risk factor based on select explanatory variablesa

From: Measuring biopsychosocial risk for back pain disability in chiropractic patients using the STarT back screening tool: a cross-sectional survey

Explanatory Variable

OR

95% Confidence Interval

p-value

Average pain in past 2 weeks

1.8c

(1.5, 2.0)

<  0.001

Employment status

 Full-timeb

–

–

 

 Part-time

0.4c

(0.2, 0.7)

0.001

 Full-time student

0.5

(0.2, 1.0)

0.05

 Unemployed

0.8

(0.4, 1.9)

0.62

  1. aHosmer and Lemeshow Test p-value = 0.950
  2. bReferent category
  3. cindicates statistical significance at alpha = 0.05 level