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. 2014 Apr 24;14:187. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-187

Table 3.

Measures of agreement, disagreement and association in assessments on the items of quality-of-life in the Functional Barometer, FB(1.0) and on similar items on the Balanced Inventory for Spinal Disorders (BIS)

The FB(1.0) items
The BIS items
n
RP
RV
Quality-of-Life Quality-of-Life PA (%)
(95% CI) (95% CI)
r s D
Work situation
To what extent do your pain complaints limit your way of living?
46
0.30
0.11
43%
(0.15 to 0.44)
(0 to 0.23)
rs 0.53
0.10
Leisure time
Limitations in leisure activities
89
0.52
0.15
21%
(0.42 to 0.62)
(0.07 to 0.23)
rs 0.42
0.14
Family situation
Limitations in social activities with your family. friends
89
0.59
0.20
18%
(0.47 to 0.70)
(0.07 to 0.32)
rs 0.37
0.14
Relationship
Limitations in social activities with your family. friends
89
0.59
0.26
17%
(0.47 to 0.72)
(0.10 to 0.41)
rs 0.26
0.17
Contacts with friends
Limitations in social activities with your family. friends
89
0.50
0.02
25%
(0.40 to 0.59)
(0 to 0.05)
rs 0.56
0.04
Health
To what extent do your pain complaints limit your way of living?
88
0.27
0.11
49%
(0.17 to 0.38)
(0.03 to 0.20)
rs 0.51
0.10
Insomnia
I have sleeping disturbances
87
0.17
0.001
64%
(0.10 to 0.23)
(0 to 0.003)
rs = 0.84
0.004
Low. downheated
I feel down
89
0.14
0.07
56%
(0.06 to 0.22)
(0.01 to 0.12)
rs 0.75
0.07
Stress tolerant
I feel impatient
87
0.11
0.20
41%
(-0.01 to 0.23)
(0.06 to 0.34)
rs 0.50
0.14
Concentration difficulties I have difficulty concentrating 88
0.06
0.03
53%
(-0.02 to 0.13) (0 to 0.06)
rs 0.80 0.05

The measures of percentage agreement (PA), of the systematic disagreement in position (RP), of individual variability (RV), of disorder (D), and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (95% CI), and the Spearman rank-order correlation coefficient (rs).