Variables | BASELINE DEMOGRAPHIC AND CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE TWO STUDY ARMS | ||||||||
 | Good Back programme n = 13 | Usual care (control) n = 9 | |||||||
Gender: frequency (%) | |||||||||
 Female | 10 (76.9) | 6 (66.7) | |||||||
 Male | 3 (23.1) | 3 (33.3) | |||||||
Age (years): mean (SD) | 53.9 (14.1) | 60.3 (13.6) | |||||||
Education (years): mean (SD) | 5.3 (5.4) | 4.4 (4.7) | |||||||
Marital status: frequency (%) | |||||||||
 Married | 7 (53.8) | 5 (55.6) | |||||||
 Widowed | 5 (38.5) | 4 (44.4) | |||||||
 Single | 1 (7.7) | 0 (0) | |||||||
Occupation: frequency (%) | |||||||||
 Self-employed/trading/farming | 8 (61.5) | 6 (66.7) | |||||||
 Unemployed (health reasons) | 3 (23.1) | 2 (22.2) | |||||||
 Student | 1 (7.7) | 0 (0) | |||||||
 Retired | 1 (7.7) | 1 (11.1) | |||||||
Religion: frequency (%) | |||||||||
 Catholic | 7 (53.8) | 6 (66.7) | |||||||
 Anglican | 3 (23.1) | 0 (0) | |||||||
 Methodist | 2 (15.4) | 0 (0) | |||||||
 Pentecostal | 1 (7.7) | 3 (33.3) | |||||||
Co-morbidity: frequency (%) | |||||||||
 None | 5 (38.5) | 1 (11.1) | |||||||
 HBP | 5 (38.5) | 6 (66.7) | |||||||
 Diabetes | 1 (7.7) | 0 (0) | |||||||
 Headache+toothache | 1 (7.7) | 1 (11.1) | |||||||
 Eye problems | 1 (7.7) | 1 (11.1) | |||||||
LBP duration (years): mean (SD) | 6.8 (4.1) | 9.3 (15.4) | |||||||
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg): mean (SD) | 130.5 (23.5) | 130.0 (32.2) | |||||||
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg): mean (SD) | 80.7 (9.5) | 75.0 (10.5) | |||||||
Pain tablets in the last 2 weeks: mean (SD) | 17.3 (14.0) | 28.2 (34.2) | |||||||
RMDQ: mean (SD) | 17.0 (5.8) | 17.8 (4.6) | |||||||
Pain intensity (Igbo-11-BS): mean (SD) | 6.8 (1.7) | 5.3 (1.6) | |||||||
BIPQ: mean (SD) | 34.9 (10.7) | 41.1 (9.7) | |||||||
FABQ: mean (SD) | 64.0 (21.9) | 65.3 (15.8) | |||||||
BPS: mean (SD) | 3.2 (2.1) | 4.6 (2.7) | |||||||
 | POST-INTERVENTION MEANS AND EFFECT SIZES IN THE TWO STUDY ARMS |  |  | ||||||
 | Post-test mean values (SD) | Within-group/Pre- and post-test mean differences (SD) | 95% Confidence intervals of within-group mean differences | Between-group mean differences | 95% Confidence intervals of between-group differences | Between-group effect sizes Hedges’ g (Glass’s Δ) | |||
Good back programme n = 12 | Usual care (waiting list) n = 8 | Good back programme n = 12 | Usual care (waiting list) n = 8 | Good back programme n = 12 | Usual care (waiting list) n = 8 |  |  |  | |
RMDQ | 7.0 (4.2) | 19.6 (5.6) | −9.8 (4.8) | 1.5 (3.9) | −12.8, −6.7 | −1.8, 4.8 | −12.6 | − 17.2, −8.0 | −2.5 (−2.2) |
BPS | 2.1 (1.6) | 4.6 (2.7) | −0.8 (1.3) | 0.3 (2.8) | −1.6, − 0.03 | −2.1, 2.6 | −2.5 | −4.5, − 0.5 | −1.2 (− 1.0) |
BIPQ | 13.5 (9.5) | 45.6 (15.1) | − 21.6 (15.2) | 3.8 (7.5) | −31.3, −11.9 | −2.5, 10.0 | −32.1 | −43.6, − 20.6 | −2.6 (− 2.1) |
FABQ | 20.3 (15.9) | 73.5 (28.5) | − 41.7 (27.6) | 7.8 (35.8) | − 59.2, − 24.1 | −22.2, 37.7 | −53.2 | −74.0, − 32.4 | −2.3 (− 1.9) |
11-BS | 2.8 (1.3) | 7.0 (2.5) | −3.8 (2.1) | 1.5 (3.1) | −5.2, −2.5 | −1.1, 4.1 | −4.2 | −5.9, − 2.4 | −2.2 (− 1.7) |
Number of Pain tablets | 3.2 (5.0) | 28.5 (37.8) | − 14.6 (12.1) | −2.8 (20.3) | − 22.3, − 6.9 | −19.7, 14.2 | −25.3 | −48.3, − 2.4 | −1.0 (− 0.7) |
SBP (mmHg) | 118.3 (11.6) | 131.3 (30.0) | −12.5 (23.7) | 2.0 (35.6) | −29.5, 4.5 | −42.2, 46.2 | − 13.0 | −32.9, 6.9 | −0.6 (− 0.4) |
DBP (mmHg) | 70.8 (13.3) | 75.6 (15.0) | −5.8 (14.4) | 0.0 (10.0) | −16.1, 4.5 | −12.4, 12.4 | −4.8 | − 18.2, 8.6 | −0.3 (− 0.3) |