Treatment-related changes in recovery outcomes
| Variable | AdmissionT1 | Mid-treatmentT2 | TerminationT3 | %ChangeT1 – T3 | d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Means (SD) | Means (SD) | Means (SD) | |||
| Pain (NRS) | |||||
| Women | 5.4 (1.5) | 4.8 (1.4) | 4.3 (2.2) | 20% | 0.58 |
| Men | 4.8 (1.7) | 3.8 (1.9) | 3.1 (2.0) | 35% | 0.91 |
| Total | 5.1 (1.6) | 4.3 (1.7) | 3.8 (2.1) | 25% | 0.69 |
| Disability (PDI) | |||||
| Women | 36.8 (8.6) | 33.6 (8.9) | 29.1 (9.4) | 21% | 0.85 |
| Men | 36.3 (11.9) | 29.6 (11.1) | 22.7 (10.6) | 37% | 1.25 |
| Total | 36.5 (10.3) | 31.6 (10.2) | 25.9 (10.5) | 29% | 1.01 |
N = 137. PDI: Pain Disability Index; NRS: numerical rating scale; SD: standard deviation
ADSP: Conceptualization, Methodology, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. VV: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. HA: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing—review & editing. MJLS: Conceptualization, Methodology, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing—review & editing, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision.
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of McGill University.
Informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants.
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The data are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
This research was supported by funds from the Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST) [2017-0024] and the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) Program [246330]. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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