Table 7.

Sensitivity Analysis of Minimal versus Subclinical Tertile Cut-off Scores

Minimal and subclinical cut-off SCARED scores
	Original (12 versus 13)			>5% (15 versus 16)			<5% (9 versus 10)
	Z	mean diff	p	Z	mean diff	p	Z	mean diff	p
Study 1
Pain	−0.66	−0.11	0.511	−0.60	−0.10	0.548	−0.08	−0.01	0.937
PCS	−9.16	−8.05	0.000	−8.04	−7.47	0.000	−10.07	−8.84	0.000
QOL	5.64	7.05	0.000	4.58	6.06	0.000	6.63	8.56	0.000
CALQ	−3.74	−6.88	0.000	−2.83	−5.45	0.005	−4.40	−8.45	0.000
Study 2
Pain	−2.94	−1.10	0.003	−2.42	−1.02	0.009	−1.48	−0.60	0.138
PCS	−3.52	−7.04	0.000	−3.80	−8.05	0.000	−2.69	−6.10	0.007
FDI	−2.66	−6.20	0.008	−2.26	−6.16	0.009	−2.06	−4.99	0.040

Note. Bold values indicate the greatest Z score across the three groups.