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. 2012 Nov 14;2012(11):CD007407. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007407.pub3

Kaapa 2006.

Methods RCT; 2 arms; assessed at pre‐treatment, post‐treatment, 6 months, 1 year, 2 years
Participants End of treatment n = 120
Start of treatment n = 132
Sex: 120 F, 12 M (start of treatment)
Mean age = 46.3 (SD 7.5)
Source = community
Diagnosis = chronic low back pain
Mean years of pain = 1.3
Interventions "semi‐intensive multidisciplinary rehabilitation"
"individual physiotherapy"
Outcomes Primary pain outcome: pain intensity 0 to 10
Primary disability outcome: Oswestry Disability Index 0 to 100
Primary mood outcome: (DEPS) depression 0 to 30
Catastrophising outcome: none
Low back pain intensity 0 to 10
Sciatic pain intensity 0 to 10   
Oswestry Disability Index 0 to 100
Subjective work capacity 0 to 10
Recent sick leave due to back pain
Beliefs re working (2‐year follow‐up) 0 to 10
The Depression Scale (DEPS) 0 to 30
Health care consumption 12 months
Notes CBT versus active, post‐treatment and follow‐up: analyses 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Yates quality scale: total quality = 23/35, design quality = 20/26, treatment quality = 3/9
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Random numbers
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk Opaque sealed envelopes; numbers generated by independent statistician
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Fully reported; no test for differences
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Fully reported
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Not reported