Table 5.
Summary of the estimates from the multivariable regression model for FABQ-Physical (N = 231) and FABQ-Work (N = 230)
| |
FABQ-Physical |
FABQ-Work |
||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marginal means | Unstandardised regression coefficient 1 | 95% CI | p-value | Marginal means | Unstandardised regression coefficient 1 | 95% CI | p-value | |||||
| Location of work | ||||||||||||
| Metropolitan hospitals |
17.9 |
REF |
|
|
|
|
17.6 |
REF |
|
|
|
|
| Regional community health centres |
16.8 |
−1.1 |
−2.6 |
- |
0.4 |
0.148 |
17.0 |
−0.6 |
−3.2 |
- |
2.0 |
0.639 |
| Occupation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nurses |
17.7 |
REF |
|
|
|
0.7812 |
17.5 |
REF |
|
|
|
0.4832 |
| Medical practitioners |
17.4 |
−0.3 |
−2.2 |
- |
1.5 |
0.728 |
17.5 |
0.0 |
−3.2 |
- |
3.2 |
0.996 |
| Therapists |
17.4 |
−0.3 |
−2.9 |
- |
2.3 |
0.814 |
18.7 |
1.3 |
−3.2 |
- |
5.7 |
0.572 |
| TCMP |
15.8 |
−1.9 |
−5.6 |
- |
1.9 |
0.324 |
13.3 |
−4.2 |
−10.7 |
- |
2.2 |
0.200 |
| Other |
16.4 |
−1.3 |
−4.0 |
- |
1.3 |
0.325 |
15.3 |
−2.1 |
−6.7 |
- |
2.4 |
0.359 |
| LBP Disability |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| LBP low disability |
16.4 |
REF |
|
|
|
|
15.1 |
REF |
|
|
|
|
| LBP high disability |
19.2 |
2.8 |
1.5 |
- |
4.1 |
<0.001 |
21.3 |
6.2 |
4.0 |
- |
8.4 |
<0.001 |
| Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
17.7 |
REF |
|
|
|
|
19.5 |
REF |
|
|
|
|
| Female |
17.3 |
−0.4 |
−2.1 |
- |
1.4 |
0.677 |
16.5 |
−3.0 |
−6.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.053 |
| Age |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 20 to29 yrs |
17.4 |
REF |
|
|
|
0.8472 |
17.6 |
REF |
|
|
|
0.0442 |
| 30 to 39 yrs |
17.7 |
0.4 |
−1.3 |
- |
2.0 |
0.665 |
19.3 |
1.7 |
−1.1 |
- |
4.4 |
0.239 |
| 40 yrs or greater |
17.3 |
−0.1 |
−1.6 |
- |
1.5 |
0.924 |
15.9 |
−1.73 |
−4.4 |
- |
0.9 |
0.205 |
| Academic Qualification | ||||||||||||
| Secondary technical |
18.5 |
REF |
|
|
|
0.1652 |
18.0 |
REF |
|
|
|
0.6182 |
| Junior college/Senior High |
17.2 |
−1.3 |
−3.0 |
- |
0.4 |
0.137 |
17.6 |
−0.5 |
−3.4 |
- |
2.4 |
0.753 |
| Bachelor degree |
17.7 |
−0.8 |
−2.7 |
- |
1.2 |
0.446 |
17.4 |
−0.7 |
−4.0 |
- |
2.7 |
0.689 |
| Postgraduate degree | 15.5 | −2.9 | −5.8 | - | 0.0 | 0.049 | 14.8 | −3.2 | −8.2 | - | 1.8 | 0.205 |
1 adjusted for all other independent variables.
2 Joint Wald test for coefficients.
3 contrast to ’30-39 yrs’ category = −3.4 (95% CI: −6.0 to −0.7, p = .013).
TCMP = Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners; Other: included trainee medical practitioners, trainee therapists or medical practitioners in other fields for example obstetricians or surgeons who have had experience managing patients with LBP.