Table 2.
Overall and mean MANOVA F values for possible alternative definitions of pain severity categories relative to health status and health care
| Coding definition | Entire sample
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Back pain sample
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Joint pain sample
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| Overall F value | Rank order | Mean (95% CI) F value | Rank order | Overall F value | Rank order | Mean (95% CI) F value | Rank order | Overall F value | Rank order | Mean (95% CI) F value | Rank order | |
| Original | 185.87 | 1 | 42.61 (41.18, 44.04) | 1 | 72.42 | 1 | 16.44 (15.77, 17.11) | 1 | 97.18 | 1 | 22.71 (21.73, 23,69) | 1 |
| Alternative definition 1 | 157.96 | 10 | 35.66 (34.22, 37.1) | 10 | 57.6 | 10 | 13.09 (12.53, 13.65) | 9 | 73.1 | 10 | 17.11 (16.3, 17.92) | 9 |
| Alternative definition 2 | 167.43 | 7 | 38.15 (36.81, 39.49) | 7 | 61.3 | 7 | 13.86 (13.29, 14.43) | 7 | 79.87 | 7 | 18.69 (17.84, 19.54) | 7 |
| Alternative definition 3 | 155.4 | 11 | 35.27 (33.9, 36.64) | 11 | 55.99 | 11 | 12.83 (12.27, 13.39) | 11 | 71.41 | 11 | 16.73 (15.94, 17.52) | 11 |
| Alternative definition 4 | 164.43 | 8 | 37.51 (36.14, 38.88) | 8 | 59.47 | 8 | 13.62 (13.06,14.18) | 8 | 78.07 | 8 | 18.23 (17.42, 19.04) | 8 |
| Alternative definition 5 | 184.17 | 2 | 42.39 (40.94, 43.84) | 2 | 70.68 | 2 | 16.29 (15.59, 16.99) | 2 | 95.12 | 3 | 22.24 (21.29, 23.19) | 3 |
| Alternative definition 6 | 161.41 | 9 | 36.83 (35.57, 38.09) | 9 | 57.72 | 9 | 13.0 (12.41, 13.59) | 10 | 73.32 | 9 | 17.04 (16.23, 17.85) | 10 |
| Alternative definition 7 | 172.48 | 6 | 39.45 (38.02, 40.88) | 5 | 68.14 | 6 | 15.64 (14.94, 16.34) | 5 | 88.25 | 6 | 20.45 (19.56, 21.34) | 6 |
| Alternative definition 8 | 172.67 | 5 | 39.36 (37.95, 40.77) | 6 | 68.96 | 4 | 15.62 (14.95, 16.29) | 6 | 89.81 | 5 | 20.83 (19.9, 21.76) | 5 |
| Alternative definition 9 | 179.5 | 4 | 41.37 (39.91, 42.83) | 4 | 68.83 | 5 | 15.88 (15.19–16.57) | 4 | 93.64 | 4 | 21.89 (20.94, 22.84) | 4 |
| Alternative definition 10 | 180.95 | 3 | 41.54 (40.11, 42.97) | 3 | 70.33 | 3 | 15.99 (15.33,16.65) | 3 | 95.53 | 2 | 22.33 (21.35, 23.31) | 2 |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; MANOVA, multivariate analysis of variance.