Table 3. Univariate analysis of predictors of attitudes and beliefs about back pain for continuous and categorical variables among elderly, acute low back pain participants.

	CES-D	FES-I-Brazil	Falls	RMDQ	TUG	GS
BBQ	n=528	n=513	n=524	n=496	n=525	n=527
r	–0.331	–0.227	–0.052	–0.369	–0.085	0.117
p	<0.001‡	<0.001‡	0.231	<0.001‡	0.051‡	0.007‡
BBQ	Number of falls			Expectation of return to activities
	Yes	No	p	Return	The same	No return	p
				(n=289)	(n=187)	(n=53)
(mean	22.6	23.9	0.096†	24.3	23.8	19.5	<0.001 *
and SD)	(6.6)	(6.6)		(7.0)	(5.7)	(6.3)	<0.001 **
							0.652 ***

BBQ: Back Beliefs Questionnaire; CES-D: Center for Epidemiological Studies - Depression; FES-I-Brazil: Falls Efficacy Scale International-Brazil; RMDQ: Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire; TUG: Timed Up and Go; GS: Gait speed.

^‡p<0.20 (inputs in the final model).

r: Pearson's correlation analysis.

^†Independent t test; one way ANOVA (post-hoc Tukey).

^*p-value between groups “return” and “no return”;

^**“the same” and “no return”;

^***“return” and “the same”;

SD: Standard Deviation Significant p<0.05.