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Table 2.

Psychosocial variables treatment outcomes among participants in the MPG, MPSBEEG, MPDBEEG across the 3 time points of the study

	Baseline	4^th week	8^th week
Outcome	Mean rank	Mean rank	Mean rank	χ2	p-value**
MPG (n = 25)
BBQ	28.1^a	34.4^b	36.4^b	49.238	0.001
PSEQ	32.8^a	44.7^b	47.1^b	45.632	0.001
FABQ-P	33.8^a	14.7^b	11.1^b	50.210	0.001
FABQ-W	30.2^a	24.2^b	19.3^c	48.980	0.001
MPSBEEG (n = 22)
BBQ	35.1^a	36.5^b	38.1^b	37.904	0.001
PSEQ	33.4^a	45.5^b	47.6^b	41.302	0.001
FABQ-P	35.2^a	14.6^b	11.0^b	40.000	0.001
FABQ-W	35.2^a	25.7^b	21.2^b	44.000	0.001
MPSBEEG (n = 20)
BBQ	40.3^a	38.4^b	39.8^c	35.096	0.001
PSEQ	36.3^a	47.6^b	50.5^c	38.100	0.001
FABQ-P	32.9^a	14.8^b	11.1^c	39.980	0.001
FABQ-W	37.5^a	26.8^b	22.2^c	40.000	0.001

**indicates - Friedman’s ANOVA

Superscripts ( ^a,b,c ). Based on the Wilcoxon signed ranked test results, for a particular variable, mean values with different superscript are significantly (p < 0.05) different. Mean values with same superscripts are not significantly (p > 0.05) different

BBQ Back belief questionnaire, PSEQ Pain self efficacy questionnaire, FABQ-P Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire – (Physical), FABQ-W Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (Work)