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Table 3 P-values from chi-square difference tests to determine which of the nested path models exhibited the best fit for each pain complaint

From: Is new tech a pain in the neck? The impact of introducing new technologies in home-care on neck pain: a prospective study

  

Stability model

Normal causality model

Reverse causality model

 

Model comparison

\(\boldsymbol{\Delta \chi}\)

\(\boldsymbol{\Delta \chi}\)

\(\boldsymbol{\Delta \chi}\)

  

p-value

p-value

p-value

Neck pain

Normal causality

0.01

-

-

Reverse causality

0.65

-

-

Reciprocal causality

-

0.46

\(\varvec{<}\)0.01

  1. Note: Each model is compared to a more complex model. A significant difference test indicates that the more complex model is preferred, i.e. the additional paths are justified. P-values under the threshold for statistical significance are given in bold