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Table 2 Observed mean (SD) at baseline, 6 months and 12 months. Estimated differences (95% Confidence Interval (CI)) within groups from baseline to 6 months and from baseline to 12 months, and differences between groups at 12 months

From: Twelve-month effect of chronic pain self-management intervention delivered in an easily accessible primary healthcare service - a randomised controlled trial

 

Group

Observed

Estimated

Within groups Baseline to 6 months

Within groups Baseline to 12 months

Between groups 12 months

Baseline mean(SD)

6 months mean (SD)

12 months mean (SD)

Diff

(95% CI)

p-value

Diff

(95% CI)

p-value

Diff

(95% CI)

p-value

PAM-13

(0–100) ↑

INTV

63.9 (13.2)

67.7 (14.5)

66.7 (14.3)

4.0 (0.4 to 7.5)

0.027

3.1 (−0.4 to 6.5)

0.084

4.0 (− 0.6 to 8.6)

0.085

CTRL

63.0 (12.9)

64.9 (12.4)

62.2 (10.0)

1.4 (−2.2 to 5.0)

0.445

−1.0 (−4.5 to 2.6)

0.587

BPI, severity

(0–40) ↓

INTV

18.2 (6.5)

17.4 (7.4)

17.4 (6.8)

−0.8 (− 2.4 to 0.8)

0.320

− 0.5 (− 1.8 to 0.9)

0.486

0.6 (− 1.3 to 2.4)

0.526

CTRL

18.8 (5.6)

18.1 (6.6)

17.4 (6.1)

−0.5 (−2.1 to 1.1)

0.550

−1.1 (−2.5 to 0.3)

0.124

BPI, interference

(0–70) ↓

INTV

29.2 (14.0)

27.9 (16.0)

25.9 (14.5)

−1.6 (−5.2 to 2.0)

0.379

−3.3 (−6.7 to 0.1)

0.061

−2.6 (−7.3 to 2.0)

0.269

CTRL

32.6 (13.1)

30.8 (15.0)

31.0 (15.0)

−0.5 (−4.3 to 3.2)

0.779

−0.6 (− 4.2 to 2.9)

0.728

BPI, pain relief

(0–10) ↑(0-

INTV

3.4 (3.3)

4.0 (2.8)

6.3 (14.5)

0.6 (−0.2 to 1.4)

0.134

2.9 (0.5 to 5.2)

0.017

2.9 (−0.1 to 5.8)

0.055

CTRL

3.5 (2.9)

3.4 (2.9)

3.4 (2.9)

−0.1 (−0.9 to 0.8)

0.894

−0.003 (−2.4 to 2.4)

0.998

VAS, pain

(0–100) ↓

INTV

62.7 (18.2)

53.9 (21.5)

55.5 (23.6)

−8.7 (−14.2 to −3.3)

0.002

−7.0 (− 12.5 to − 1.4)

0.014

−0.5 (− 7.6 to 6.7)

0.901

CTRL

62.8 (15.1)

56.1 (19.3)

56.0 (19.6)

−6.5 (−12.1 to − 1.0)

0.021

−6.5 (− 12.2 to −0.8)

0.026

HADS, depression

(0–21) ↓

INTV

4.4 (3.0)

4.8 (3.9)

4.8 (3.5)

0.4 (−0.4 to 1.1)

0.329

0.3 (−0.5 to 1.0)

0.468

0.3 (−0.7 to 1.3)

0.525

CTRL

5.1 (3.1)

5.1 (3.7)

5.0 (3.6)

0.2 (−0.6 to 1.0)

0.672

−0.1 (− 0.8 to 0.7)

0.883

HADS, anxiety

(0–21) ↓

INTV

7.8 (3.4)

7.1 (4.5)

7.2 (4.3)

−0.7 (−1.4 to 0.002)

0.051

−0.6 (− 1.3 to 0.2)

0.132

0.1 (− 0.9 to 1.2)

0.798

CTRL

8.1 (3.6)

7.8 (3.7)

7.5 (3.1)

−0.5 (−1.3 to 0.2)

0.163

−0.7 (−1.5 to 0.1)

0.072

PSEQ

(0–60) ↑

INTV

38.1 (10.5)

39.1 (12.8)

39.1 (12.1)

1.0 (−1.5 to 3.3)

0.452

0.5 (−1.9 to 3.0)

0.678

1.5 (−1.9 to 4.9)

0.387

CTRL

37.5 (10.4)

37.6 (10.8)

37.2 (11.2)

−0.7 (−3.2 to 1.7)

0.554

−1.0 (−3.5 to 1.6)

0.453

SOC-13

(13–91) ↑

INTV

61.4 (12.4)

62.8 (15.2)

63.4 (15.5)

1.1 (−1.4 to 3.5)

0.401

1.1 (−1.4 to 3.5)

0.393

0.5 (−2.9 to 3.9)

0.771

CTRL

61.8 (13.0)

63.7 (12.9)

62.1 (12.4)

1.5 (−1.0 to 4.0)

0.231

0.6 (−1.9 to 3.0)

0.657

EQ-5D-5 L

(0–1) ↑

INTV

0.63 (0.14)

0.64 (0.16)

0.63 (0.15)

0.02 (−0.01 to 0.05)

0.174

0.002 (− 0.03 to 0.03)

0.896

− 0.03 (− 0.1 to 0.01)

0.206

CTRL

0.61 (0.14)

0.65 (0.14)

0.64 (0.16)

0.04 (0.004 to 0.07)

0.029

0.03 (−0.002 to 0.06)

0.069

AIOS

(0–100) ↑

INTV

46.3 (21.3)

51.8 (19.1)

45.1 (16.6)

6.5 (0.9 to 12.1)

0.023

0.2 (−5.8 to 6.1)

0.960

1.7 (−5.6 to 8.9)

0.649

CTRL

43.4 (18.5)

45.5 (16.2)

43.3 (16.4)

0.8 (−5.0 to 6.5)

0.797

−1.5 (−7.7 to 4.6)

0.625

Global health

(1–5) ↑

INTV

2.1 (0.89)

3.5 (0.9)

3.6 (0.9)

1.4 (1.1 to 1.6)

< 0.001

1.4 (1.2 to 1.7)

< 0.001

−0.1 (−0.4 to 0.2)

0.363

CTRL

2.2 (0.69)

3.6 (0.7)

3.8 (0.6)

1.4 (1.1 to 1.7)

< 0.001

1.6 (1.3 to 1.8)

< 0.001

Physical activity

(1–5) ↑

INTV

4.0 (0.87)

4.0 (1.0)

4.0 (0.9)

−0.002 (−0.2 to 0.2)

0.985

0.01 (−0.2 to 0.2)

0.927

0.01 (−0.3 to 0.3)

0.929

CTRL

4.0 (1.02)

4.1 (0.8)

4.0 (0.8)

0.1 (−0.1 to 0.3)

0.356

−0.003 (− 0.2 to 0.2)

0.976

30 s Chair to Stand

↑

INTV

12.5 (4.1)

13.3 (6.6)

15.0 (4.7)

0.9 (−0.4 to 2.2)

0.161

2.2 (1.4 to 3.1)

< 0.001

−0.5 (−1.7 to 0.7)

0.383

CTRL

11.5 (4.0)

12.8 (5.6)

14.4 (3.7)

1.0 (−0.4 to 2.3)

0.153

2.8 (1.9 to 3.6)

< 0.001

  1. SD: Standard deviation; INTV: Intervention group; CTRL: Control group; PAM-13: Patient Activation Measure; BPI: Brief Pain Inventory; VAS: Visual analogue Scale; HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; PSEQ: Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire; SOC-13: Sense of Coherence; EQ-5D-5 L: EuroQoL 5 dimensions 5 level; AIOS: Arizona Integrative Outcomes Scale
  2. Estimates presented are from linear mixed effects model (unadjusted) without random slope. ↑ Increase in scores indicates improvement
  3. ↓ Decrease in scores indicates improvement
  4. The numbers of participants for each outcome at 6 months varied between 96 and 103 due to some missing responses
  5. The numbers of participants for each outcome at 12 months varied between 85 and 100 due to some missing responses