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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 14.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2009 May 27;301(20):2099–2110. doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.723

Table 3. Secondary Pain and Quality of Life Outcomes (Last-Observation Carried Forward).

Clinical Outcome Intervention (123) Usual Care (127) Between-Group Difference (95% CI) P value
Roland pain disability (range, 0-24)
  Baseline 17.3 (4.5) 17.6 (4.1) -0.3 (-1.4 to 0.8) .57
  12-Month follow-up 14.0 (6.5) 17.2 (5.3) -3.2 (-4.7 to -1.8) <.0001
Graded chronic pain scale (GCPS)
 GCPS severity score (range, 0 to 100)
  Baseline 72.7 (17.7) 72.8 (15.4) -0.1 (-4.2 to 4.1) .97
  12-Month follow-up 67.8 (22.8) 74.7 (17.2) -6.9 (-12.0 to -1.9) .007
 GCPS disability score (range, 0 to 100)
  Baseline 67.8 (25.0) 70.2 (24.8) -2.4 (-8.6 to 3.8) .45
  12-Month follow-up 52.5 (31.6) 66.1 (27.3) -13.6 (-20.9 to -6.2) .0003
 GCPS disability days from pain in past 3 months (range, 0 to 90)
  Baseline 34.9 (33.4) 38.0 (33.1) -3.1 (-11.4 to 5.2) .46
  3-Month follow-up 33.2 (32.3) 41.5 (33.2) -8.3 (-16.5 to -0.1) .046
  6-Month follow-up 28.2 (31.5) 31.1 (30.9) -2.8 (-10.6 to 5.0) .47
  12-Month follow-up 31.4 (33.2) 38.1 (31.8) -6.8 (-14.9 to 1.3) .10
GAD-7 anxiety score (range, 0-21)
  Baseline 8.7 (4.5) 9.1 (4.4) -0.4 (-1.5 to 0.7) .48
  12-Month follow-up 5.8 (5.0) 8.0 (5.1) -2.2 (-3.5 to -0.9) .0007
SF functioning/quality of life (range, 0-100)
 General health perceptions
  Baseline 33.1 (27.9) 28.4 (26.6) 4.7 (-2.1 to 11.5) .18
  12-Month follow-up 35.2 (29.7) 24.2 (25.5) 11.1 (4.2 to 18.0) .002
 Social functioning
  Baseline 38.0 (25.2) 40.5 (26.2) -2.5 (-8.9 to 4.0) .45
  12-Month follow-up 53.1 (30.9) 47.0 (28.5) 6.1 (-1.3 to 13.5) .11
 Bodily pain
  Baseline 26.5 (16.0) 27.2 (14.1) -0.7 (-4.5 to 3.0) .70
  12-Month follow-up 37.3 (21.1) 28.8 (16.9) 8.5 (3.8 to 19.1) .0005
 Vitality
  Baseline 25.8 (16.6) 24.6 (17.3) 1.2 (-3.0 to 5.4) .57
  12-Month follow-up 36.6 (22.7) 27.8 (18.9) 8.8 (3.6 to 14.0) .001