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Table 3.

Correlations between psychological scores and Functional Capacity Evaluation and RMDQ in patients with chronic low back pain (n = 68–92)

	Lifting^a		Short carry two handed^a		Forward bend test standing^b	RMDQ^a
	Men	Women	Men	Women	Forward bend test standing^b	RMDQ^a
SCL-90-R	−0.03	0.21	−0.08	0.00	−0.14	0.25*
BDI	−0.05	0.20	−0.08	0.01	−0.08	0.26*
ALCOS-SF	−0.06	−0.04	0.08	−0.08	−0.10	0.03
SES	0.02	−0.12	0.05	0.15	0.05	−0.04
TSK	−0.04	−0.09	−0.17	−0.07	−0.24*	0.33*
PCL-E subscales	−0.06 to 0.24	−0.19 to 0.10	−0.11 to 0.18	−0.33 to -0.02	−0.15 to 0.08	0.08 to 0.24*
UCL subscales	−0.14 to 0.04^a/b	−0.31 to 0.20^a/b	−0.26 to 0.06^a/b	−0.04 to 0.12^a/b	−0.16 to 0.19	−0.17 to 0.21

SCL-90-R Symptom Checklist-90- Revised, BDI Beck Depression Inventory, ALCOS-SF General Self Efficacy Scale-Short Form, SES Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale, TSK Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia, PCL-E Pain Cognition List, experimental version, UCL Utrecht’s Coping List, RMDQ Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire. Differences in n: refer to text

^a Pearson correlation, ^b Spearman correlation, applied at UCL subscales ‘expression of emotions’ and ‘passive coping’, and the static forward bend test

*P < 0.05