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Table 2 General linear model for repeated measures examining patients with low back pain-related disability who presented at a neck and back outpatient clinic and completed a questionnaire for the initial assessment (Time 1) and six months later (Time 2) (N = 4975). Higher scores indicate greater low back pain-related disability

From: Health consequences of graded, full, and no sickness absence among workers with musculoskeletal disorders: health profiles and six-months symptom changes of patients referred to Norwegian outpatient clinics for chronic neck and back pain

Time 1

Time 2

Model

M

SD

M

SD

M diff

SE diff

p diff

F

df

df(error)

p

Mean values of low back pain-related disability

           

 No sickness absence

24.15

11.91

21.74

13.09

-2.42

0.25

< 0.001

    

 Graded sickness absence

29.15

11.97

24.79

13.24

-4.36

0.37

< 0.001

    

 Full sickness absence

36.13

14.90

29.70

15.99

-6.43

0.34

< 0.001

    

Between subjects

           

 Intercept

       

23971.63

1

4972

< 0.001

 Sickness absence

       

309.76

2

4972

< 0.001

Within subjects

           

 Time

       

558.92

1

4972

< 0.001

 Time * sickness absence

       

46.75

2

4972

< 0.001