Table 7.
Psychosocial outcome measures - follow-up
| Outcome measure | Study | sample size | Statistic used | Heterogeneity | Effect size | Test for overall effect | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention | Control | Total |
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[95 % CI] | Z-value | p-value | |||||
| CATASTROPHISING | |||||||||||
| Education versus usual care | |||||||||||
| CSQ – catastrophising PCP (EA) - catastrophising |
Soares 2002; Ruehlman 2012 | 177 | 160 | 337 | SMD random | 0 | −0.09 | [−0.30, 0.13] | 0.79 | 0.43 | Figure 9 |
| Comparison of different types of education | |||||||||||
| Pain catastrophising scale (PCS) | van Oosterwijck 2013; Gallagher 2013 | 55 | 54 | 109 | SMD random | 0 | −0.87 | [−1.26, −0.47] | 4.31 | <0.0001 | Figure 11; favours education |
| KNOWLEDGE OF PAIN | |||||||||||
| comparison of different types of education | |||||||||||
| Pain biology/neuro-physiology knowledge | Gallagher 2013; van Oosterwijck 2013 | 55 | 54 | 109 | MD random | 0 | 3.69 | [2.22, 5.17] | 4.90 | <0.00001 | Figure 13; favours education |
| knowledge and attitude score | Ferrell 1997 | 9 | 9 | 18 | MD random | n/a | 24.10 | [9.15, 39.05] | 3.16 | 0.002 | Sample >65 years |
| GLOBAL HEALTH | |||||||||||
| Comparison of different types of education | |||||||||||
| SF36 - general health perceptions | van Oosterwijck 2013 | 15 | 15 | 30 | MD random | n/a | 9.10 | [−1.07, 19.27] | 1.75 | 0.08 | |
| SF36 - overall health rating | Ferrell 1997 | 10 | 10 | 20 | MD random | n/a | 5.60 | [−9.73, 20.93] | 0.72 | 0.47 | Sample >65 years |
| MOOD | |||||||||||
| Education versus usual care | |||||||||||
| DASS – depression | Ruehlman 2012 | 162 | 143 | 305 | MD random | n/a | 0.36 | [−0.99, 1.71] | 0.52 | 0.60 | |
| Comparison of different types of education | |||||||||||
| SF36 - mental health | van Oosterwijck 2013 | 15 | 15 | 30 | MD random | n/a | 18.20 | [5.39, 31.01] | 2.78 | 0.005 | Favours education |
| SOCIAL FUNCTION | |||||||||||
| Comparison of different types of education | |||||||||||
| SF36 – social function | van Oosterwijck 2013 | 15 | 15 | 30 | MD random | n/a | −3.10 | [−19.13, 12.93] | 0.38 | 0.70 | |
SF-36 RAND 36-item health survey, DASS depression, anxiety and stress scale, CSQ coping strategies questionnaire, PCS pain catastrophising scale, CSQ coping strategies questionnaire, PCP (EA) profile of chronic pain (Extended Assessment); 95 % CI 95 % confidence interval; Effect size represented as standardised mean difference (SMD) or mean difference (MD) depending on statistic used; Random = random effects model; heterogeneity is not applicable (n/a) when reported as single study