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. 2012 Jun 12;20:17. doi: 10.1186/2045-709X-20-17

Table 2.

Pain, total BQ scores and proportion of subjects with a poor outcome across Start Back Tool (SBT) categories at 14, 30 and 90 days follow up

SBT Category
14 days (n = 235)
30 days (n = 131)
90 days (n = 150)
  Median Pain (25, 75) Median BQ (25, 75)** Median Pain (25, 75) Median BQ (25, 75) Median Pain (25, 75) Median BQ (25, 75)
Low
2 (1–3)
10 (3–18)
1 (1–3)
6 (2–14)
1 (1–2)
5 (0–15)
Medium
2 (1–5)
12 (3–26)
2 (1–4)
10 (5–21)
1 (1–4)
8 (0–18)
High 3 (1–5) 20 (8–33) 2 (0–3) 6 (2–20) 2 (0–3) 10 (3–22)

**p < 0.001, (Kruskal-Wallis), ¥Patients Global Impression of Change < 6.