Table 6.
Intervention outcomes.
| Visit 1 | Visit 2 1 week later |
Visit 3 2 weeks later |
Visit 4 1 week later |
Visit 5 1 week later |
Visit 6 6 weeks later |
3 months post-intervention |
9 months post-intervention |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pain (0–10) | ||||||||
| Currenta | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Average in past weeka | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Worst in past weeka | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Modified Oswestry Disability Index (0–100%) | 30 | 30 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Adherence (0–100%) Average since | n/a | 75% | 75% | 85% | 85% | 80% | 80% | 65% |
| last visit or in the past weekb | ||||||||
| Ibuprofen use (frequency/day) | 400 mg 2×/day | 400 mg 2×/day | 400 mg 2×/day | 400 mg 1×/day | 400 mg 2×/week | 400 mg 2×/week | 400 mg 2×/week | 400 mg 1×/week |
a
Verbal estimate of symptom intensity using an 11-point scale (0–10).
b
Verbal estimate of average percent adherence since the last visit (active intervention phase) or in the past week (3 and 9 months post-intervention).