Table 2.
Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics for patients from the stratified blended physiotherapy group and face-to-face physiotherapy group (N=208).
| Characteristics | Baseline | ||||
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Stratified blended physiotherapy (n=104) | Face-to-face physiotherapy (n=104) | |||
| Gender (female), n (%) | 45 (43.3) | 57 (54.8) | |||
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 48.10 (15.08) | 47.26 (13.58) | |||
| BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 25.78 (3.79) | 26.31 (5.11) | |||
| Presence of comorbidities (yes), n (%) | 38 (36.5) | 28 (26.9) | |||
| Past LBPa surgery, n (%) | |||||
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None | 100 (96.2) | 101 (97.1) | ||
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Lumbar fusion | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | ||
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Lumbar discectomy | 4 (3.9) | 2 (1.9) | ||
| Central sensitization (score 0-100), mean (SD) | 30.88 (13.38) | 30.17 (12.19) | |||
| Educational level, n (%) | |||||
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Low | 22 (21.2) | 13 (12.5) | ||
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Middle | 33 (31.7) | 36 (34.6) | ||
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High | 49 (47.1) | 55 (52.9) | ||
| Duration of LBP complaints, n (%) | |||||
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0 to 6 weeks | 37 (35.6) | 49 (47.1) | ||
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6 to 12 weeks | 11 (10.6) | 19 (18.3) | ||
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12 weeks to 12 months | 9 (8.7) | 9 (8.7) | ||
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>12 months | 47 (45.2) | 27 (26) | ||
| Physical functioning (score 0-100), mean (SD) | 19.37 (15.64) | 20.38 (13.99) | |||
| Pain intensity (average score 7 days 0-10), mean (SD) | 5.61 (1.99) | 5.36 (2.01) | |||
| Physical activity (MVPAb minutes/day), mean (SD) | 80.34 (36.75) | 74.82 (40.94) | |||
| Health-related quality of life (score 0-100), mean (SD) | 67.90 (18.08) | 69.75 (17.63) | |||
| Fear-avoidance beliefs (score 0-96), mean (SD) | 27.86 (16.03) | 25.08 (16.18) | |||
| Pain catastrophizing (score 0-52), mean (SD) | 11.06 (9.30) | 10.21 (8.75) | |||
| Self-efficacy (score 10-40), mean (SD) | 32.13 (4.36) | 33.12 (3.62) | |||
| Patient activation (score 0-100), mean (SD) | 62.48 (12.38) | 64.75 (12.68) | |||
aLBP: low back pain.
bMVPA: moderate to vigorous physical activity.