Does the Keele STarT Back Screening Tool Contribute to Effectiveness in Treatment and Cost and Loss of Follow-Up of the Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy for Patients with Low Back Pain?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Design
2.2. Participants
2.3. Exposure
2.4. Outcomes
2.4.1. Outcomes for Question 1
2.4.2. Outcomes for Question 2
2.5. Statistics
3. Results
3.1. Question 1
3.2. Question 2
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Variables | Question 1 (n = 89) | Question 2 (n = 166) |
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Age, years | 61.5 (13.8) | 61.6 (14.7) |
Gender (n of male:n of female) | 37:52 | 65:101 |
The shortest distance from the patient address to the hospital, km | 7.6 (6.6) | 7.5 (6.6) |
Symptom area, 0–11 | 3.8 (1.8) | 3.7 (1.8) |
Duration of the current episode of LBP, months | 7.7 (17.1) | 12.0 (30.7) |
The number of medical diagnoses | 2.4 (1.7) | 2.7 (1.9) |
RMDQ, 0–24 | 8.7 (5.6) | 8.8 (5.3) |
NRS-LBP, 0–10 | 4.8 (2.6) | 4.9 (2.6) |
Model | Unstandardized Coefficients (B) | Standardized Coefficients (β) | p-Value (95% Confidence Intervals) |
---|---|---|---|
(Constant) | −15.38 | 0.60 (−73.90–43.14) | |
MDT subgroup | 106.41 | 0.43 | <0.001 (59.24–153.58) |
Model | Unstandardized Coefficients (B) | Standardized Coefficients (β) | p-Value (95% Confidence Intervals) |
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(Constant) | −0.41 | 0.83 (−4.13–3.31) | |
MDT subgroup | 3.85 | 0.35 | 0.001 (1.70–6.00) |
SBST | 1.89 | 0.22 | 0.026 (0.23–3.55) |
Model | Partial Regression Coefficient (B) | p-Value | Odd Ratio (95% Confidence Intervals) |
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SBST | 1.53 | <0.001 | 4.61 (2.13–10.00) |
Distance | −1.59 | 0.03 | 0.20 (0.05–0.88) |
(Constant) | −4.13 | <0.001 |
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Tsuge, T.; Takasaki, H.; Toda, M. Does the Keele STarT Back Screening Tool Contribute to Effectiveness in Treatment and Cost and Loss of Follow-Up of the Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy for Patients with Low Back Pain? Diagnostics 2020, 10, 536. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics10080536
Tsuge T, Takasaki H, Toda M. Does the Keele STarT Back Screening Tool Contribute to Effectiveness in Treatment and Cost and Loss of Follow-Up of the Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy for Patients with Low Back Pain? Diagnostics. 2020; 10(8):536. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics10080536
Chicago/Turabian StyleTsuge, Takahiro, Hiroshi Takasaki, and Michio Toda. 2020. "Does the Keele STarT Back Screening Tool Contribute to Effectiveness in Treatment and Cost and Loss of Follow-Up of the Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy for Patients with Low Back Pain?" Diagnostics 10, no. 8: 536. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics10080536