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Table 2 Group frequencies and group means for beliefs about low back pain for independent variable categories (N = 432)

From: Low back pain beliefs are associated to age, location of work, education and pain-related disability in Chinese healthcare professionals working in China: a cross sectional survey

 

N (%)

BBQ Mean (SD)

p-value1

Location of work

   

Metropolitan hospitals

231 (53.5)

29.2 (5.8)

0.003

Regional community health centres

201 (46.5)

27.4 (6.5)

 

Occupation

   

Nurses

213 (49.5)

27.3 (6.6)

0.014

Medical practitioners

117 (27.2)

29.4 (5.9)

 

Therapists

44 (10.2)

29.7 (5.2)

 

TCMP

18 (4.2)

30.1 (4.9)

 

Other

38 (8.8)

28.3 (5.8)

 

LBP Disability

   

No LBP

196 (45.4)

28.3 (6.2)

0.492

LBP low disability

151 (34.9)

28.7 (6.1)

 

LBP high disability

85 (19.7)

27.7 (6.6)

 

Gender

   

Male

125 (29.0)

29.9 (6.0)

0.001

Female

306 (71.0)

27.7 (6.2)

 

Age

   

20 to29 yrs

143 (33.1)

27.3 (5.5)

0.011

30 to 39 yrs

118 (27.3)

28.0 (6.0)

 

40 yrs or greater

171 (39.6)

29.4 (6.8)

 

Academic Qualification

   

Secondary technical

80 (18.7)

27.9 (5.9)

0.057

Junior college/Senior high

159 (37.2)

27.6 (6.8)

 

Bachelor degree

139 (32.6)

29.1 (5.6)

 

Postgraduate degree

49 (11.5)

29.8 (5.9)

 
  1. 1 p-value for overall test for the difference in groups means, using dummy variable coding in univariable linear regression models.
  2. BBQ = beliefs about low back pain derived from the Back Belief Questionnaire; scores ranged between 9–45 with lower scores representing more negative beliefs.
  3. TCMP = Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners.
  4. Other: included trainee medical practitioners, trainee therapists or medical practitioners in other fields for example obstetricians or surgeons who have had experience managing patients with LBP.