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. 2016 Sep 30;17:408. doi: 10.1186/s12891-016-1263-9

Table 5.

Descriptive statistics of primary outcome measured at baseline, 3-month, 9-month and 15-month after start of intervention and treatment effects as changes from baseline compared between groups

TT NTT TAU TT vs NTT TT vs TAU NTT vs TAU
Estimated mean (SD) Estimated mean (SD) Estimated mean (SD) Effectsb
(95 % CI)
Effectsb
(95 % CI)
Effectsc
(95 % CI)
NRS
 Baseline 4.55 (2.08) 4.57 (2.08) 4.72 (2.08)
 3 month 2.62 (2.04) 2.56 (2.04) 3.97 (2.04) −0.09
(-0.48 to 1.5)
1.17
(0.15 to 2.19)*
1.26
(0.27 to 2.25)*
 9 month 2.85 (2.04) 3.31 (2.04) 3.5 (2.07) 0.43
(-1.55 to 2.41)
0.47
(-0.52 to 1.46)
0.04
(-0.95 to 1.03)
 15 month 3.06 (2.04) 2.85 (2.04) 3.6 (2.07) −0.24
(-2.22 to 1.74)
0.41
(-0.58 to 1.4)
0.65
(-0.34 to 1.64)
NDI
 Baseline 21.84 (10.18) 24.39 (10.18) 24.18 (10.05)
 3 month 14.62 (9.85) 14.39 (9.96) 21.74 (9.93) −2.78
(-6.85 to 1.29)
4.78
(0.67 to 8.89)*
7.56
(3.49 to 11.63)***
 9 month 14.84 (9.85) 16.61 (9.96) 19.65 (9.93) −0.78
(-4.87 to 3.31)
2.47
(-1.64 to 6.58)
3.25
(-0.82 to 7.32)
 15 month 15.20 (9.85) 13.80 (9.96) 17.99 (9.94) −3.95
(-8.02 to 0.12)
0.45
(-3.64 to 4.54)
4.40
(0.35 to 8.45)*

TT tailored treatment, NTT non-tailored treatment, TAU treatment as usual group, vs versus, SD standard deviation, CI confidence interval, NRS Average pain intensity last week (0-10), NDI neck disability index (0-100); b Positive values of effects favor the tailored group; c Positive values of effects favor the non-tailored group; * comparison is significant at the 0.05 level. ** comparison is significant at the 0.01 level. *** comparison is significant at the 0.001 level