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

Table 6.

Descriptive statistics of secondary 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

Secondary Outcomes 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)
ProFitMap intensity
 Baseline 71.64 (11.38) 71.55 (11.38) 70 (11.38)
 3 month 79.61 (11.02) 80.84 (11.16) 72.07 (11.07) −1.31
(-3 to 5.62)
5.9
(1.51 to 10.29)**
7.21
(2.88 to 11.54)**
 9 month 78.48 (11.07) 81.49 (11.16) 75.91 (11.24) −3.09
(-1.22 to 7.40)
0.92
(-3.49 to 5.33)
4.01
(-0.32 to 8.34)
 15 month 78.5 (11.02) 82.1 (11.22) 76.98 (11.18) −3.67
(-0.64 to 7.98)
−0.13
(-4.48 to 4.22)
3.54
(-0.79 to 7.87)
ProFitMap frequency
 Baseline 66.02 (14.67) 67.74 (14.67) 64.08 (14.67)
 3 month 78.19 (14.05) 78.69 (14.22) 67.28 (14.16) 1.22
(-3.91 to 6.35)
8.97
(3.74 to 14.2)***
7.73
(2.56 to 12.9)**
 9 month 75.74 (14.05) 76.09 (14.28) 71.44 (14.25) 1.38
(-3.75 to 6.51)
2.36
(-2.85 to 7.57)
0.98
(-4.19 to 6.15)
 15 month 75.76 (14.05) 78.73 (14.34) 72.88 (14.25) −1.24
(-6.41 to 3.9 )
0.95
(-4.26 to 3.61)
2.19
(-2.98 to 7.36)
PGICS
 3 month 2.20 (1.1) 2.19 (1.14) 3.64 (1.1) 0.01
(-0.52 to 0.54)
1.44
(0.9 to 1.98)***
1.45
(0.93 to 1.97)***
 9 month 2.5 (1.16) 2.53 (1.14) 3.13 (1.18) 0.04
(-0.49 to 0.57)
0.8
(0.31 to 1.29)**
0.85
(0.38 to 1.32)***
 15 month 2.49 (1.16) 2.47 (1.14) 3.18 (1.18) −0.005
(-0.48 to 0.46)
0.75
(0.28 to 1.22)**
0.75
(0.28 to 1.22)**
PPT right
 Baseline 223.4 (102.7) 209.8 (102.8) 209.2 (102.8)
 3 month 251.6 (99.5) 237 (100.4) 203.3 (100.2) 1.03
(-38.4 to 40.4)
34.1
(-6.1 to 74.3)
33.06
(-6.6 to 72.8)
 9 month 251.5 (100.1) 263 (100.5) 228.4 (102.3) −25.10
(-65.7 to 14.5)
8.92
(-31.4 to 49.3)
34.03
(-5.7 to 73.7)
PPT left
 Baseline 218.1 (95.8) 204.9 (95.8) 212.3 (95.8)
 3 month 247.6 (93.3) 223.4 (94.1) 197.3 (94.2) 11.01
(-28.8 to 50.9)
44.49
(3.7 to 85.2)*
33.47
(-6.6 to 73.6)
 9 month 244.8 (94.1) 243.7 (93.5) 224.6 (95.6) −11.99
(-52.1 to 28.1)
14.46
(-26.3 to 55.2)
26.45
(-13.65 to 66.6)
Work Quantity
 Baselined 8.51 (1.58) 8.79 (1.58) 7.95 (1.51)
 3 month 9.23 (1.63) 9.15 (1.56) 8.91 (1.51) 0.36
(-0.46 to 1.18)
−0.25
(-1.07 to 0.57)
−0.61
(-1.47 to 0.19)
 9 month 9.58 (1.63) 9.24 (1.56) 8.94 (1.53) 0.62
(-0.2 to 1.44)
0.07
(-0.75 to 0.89)
−0.55
(-1.16 to 0.25)
 15 month 9.75 (1.63) 9.09 (1.56) 9.5 (1.53) 0.94
(0.12 to 1.76)*
−0.32
(-1.14 to 0.5)
−1.26
(-2.06 to -0.46)**
Work Quality
 Baselinee 7.43 (1.83) 8.32 (1.89) 7.53 (1.86)
 3 month 8.77 (1.86) 9.06 (1.8) 8.58 (1.74) 0.61
(-0.31 to 1.53)
0.28
(-0.64 to 1.2)
−0.32
(-1.22 to 0.58)
 9 month 9.18 (1.86) 9.0 (1.8) 8.52 (1.77) 1.08
(0.16 to 2)*
0.76
(-0.16 to 1.68)
−0.32
(-1.22 to 0.58)
 15 month 9.36 (1.86) 9.09 (1.8) 9.11 (1.77) 1.17
(0.25 to 2.09)*
0.34
(-0.58 to 1.26)
−0.82
(-1.72 to 0.08)

TT tailored treatment group, NTT non-tailored treatment group, TAU treatment as usual group, vs versus, SD standard deviation, CI confidence interval; PGICS patient global impression of change scale, PPT pressure pain threshold; b Positive values of effects favor the tailored treatment group; c Positive values of effects favor the non-tailored treatment group; d TAU, significant lower (p < 0,05) than NT; e TT, significant lower (p < 0,05) than NTT; * comparison is significant at the 0,05 level, ** comparison is significant at the 0,01 level, *** comparison is significant at the 0,001 level