Table 1.
Transition question responses
| ID | Age | Ethnicity | Gender | Employment | Leg pain | RMDQ | RMDQ | RMDQ | TQ LBP | TQ | Discordance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| baseline | follow-up | change | daily tasks | ||||||||
| 1 | 63 | White British | Female | Retired | No | 15 | 12 | -3 | 4 | 4 | – – |
| 2 | 70 | White British | Female | Retired | Yes | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ++ |
| 3 | 57 | White British | Female | Full Time | No | 17 | 16 | -1 | 3 | 3 | 00 |
| 4 | 61 | White British | Female | Part Time | No | 14 | 2 | -12 | 3 | 3 | – – |
| 5 | 45 | White British | Female | Full Time | Yes | 10 | 4 | -6 | 3 | 3 | – – |
| 6 | 47 | White British | Female | Part Time | No | 11 | 7 | -4 | 3 | 4 | 0- |
| 7 | 23 | Asian British ∗ | Female | Full Time | Yes | 11 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 00 |
| 8 | 74 | White British | Female | Retired | No | 12 | 11 | -1 | 3 | 3 | 00 |
| 9 | 49 | Asian British ∗ | Female | Full Time | No | 18 | 8 | -10 | 3 | 2 | -0 |
| 10 | 57 | White British | Female | Part Time | Yes | 12 | 10 | -2 | 3 | 3 | 00 |
| 11 | 58 | White British | Female | Unassigned | No | 12 | 10 | -2 | 3 | 3 | 00 |
| 12 | 64 | White British | Female | Unassigned | Yes | 18 | 6 | -12 | 3 | 2 | -0 |
| 13 | 58 | White British | Male | Not working | Yes | 19 | 19 | 0 | ND | ND | ND |
| 14 | 54 | White British | Male | Full Time | No | 6 | 2 | -4 | 2 | 2 | ++ |
| 15 | 55 | White British | Male | Retired | Yes | 14 | 0 | -14 | 2 | 2 | 00 |
| 16 | 67 | White British | Female | Retired | Yes | 8 | 7 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 0+ |
| 17 | 57 | White British | Female | Full Time | Yes | 7 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 00 |
| 18 | 56 | White British | Female | Part Time | Yes | 11 | 4 | -7 | 2 | 2 | 00 |
| 19 | 73 | White British | Female | Retired | No | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 00 |
| 20 | 64 | White British | Female | Retired | Yes | 15 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ++ |
| 21 | 65 | White British | Female | Retired | Yes | 4 | 2 | -2 | 4 | 4 | – – |
| 22 | 34 | White British | Female | Not working | No | 4 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 2 | 00 |
| 23 | 37 | Asian | Male | Not working | Yes | 17 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 5 | – – |
| 24 | 65 | White Cypriot | Male | Part Time | No | 14 | 11 | -3 | 3 | 3 | 00 |
| 25 | 42 | White British | Male | Full Time | No | 2 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 7 | +- |
| 26 | 20 | White British | Male | Not working | No | 14 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 00 |
| 27 | 48 | White British | Female | Not working | No | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ++ |
| 28 | 40 | White British | Female | Full Time | No | 7 | 0 | -7 | 2 | 2 | 00 |
| 29 | 48 | White British | Female | Part Time | No | 12 | 10 | -2 | 4 | 4 | – – |
| 30 | 59 | White British | Female | Not working | Yes | 19 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 00 |
| 31 | 74 | White British | Female | Retired | No | 12 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ++ |
| 32 | 45 | Black British † | Female | Unassigned | Yes | 12 | 10 | -2 | 3 | 3 | 00 |
| 33 | 63 | White British | Female | Retired | No | 6 | 4 | -2 | 3 | 4 | 00 |
| 34 | 64 | White British | Female | Retired | No | 11 | 9 | -2 | 5 | 5 | – – |
| 35 | 31 | Mixed ‡ | Male | Full Time | Yes | 14 | 6 | -8 | 2 | 2 | 00 |
Concordance rule details: No change = within 1 points of 0; Slightly <5 points in concordant direction (i.e >0); Much >= 5 points in concordant direction; Character 1 = LBP, Character 2 = tasks; - = TQ less optimistic than RMDQ change score; + = TQ more optimistic than RMDQ change score; ND = No Data/datum. For example, a participant with a discordance status of ++ indicates a more optimistic response to both transition questions relative to the RMDQ change score. A participant with status 0- would be concordant with respect to the TQ that is worded in terms of LBP, but would have a less optimistic daily task TQ as compared to the RMDQ change score. TQ anchors 1=Completely better; 2=Much better; 3=Slightly better; 4=No change, 5=Slightly worse, 6=Much worse; 7=Vastly worse. ∗Asian or Asian British Indian. †Black or Black British African. ‡White and Afro-American.