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Health-related quality of life in CLBP patients and matched controls
| Matched comparisons (unadjusted) | Diagnosed CLBP (N=392)
|
No back pain (N=392)
|
p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| MCS | 43.6 | 10.2 | 48.8 | 10.8 | <0.001 |
| PCS | 43.1 | 14.7 | 51.0 | 11.5 | <0.001 |
| SF-6D | 0.67 | 0.12 | 0.77 | 0.13 | <0.001 |
Abbreviations: CLBP, chronic lower back pain; MCS, mental component summary; PCS, physical component summary; SF-6D, a preference-based, single index measure for health using general population values.
