Table 4: Comparison of activity and work recommendation total scores by characteristics of surveyed physicians (n=530).
p-values are generated by aStudent t-test and bone-way ANOVA.
| Activity recommendation | Work recommendation |
| Mean(SD) | p-value | Mean(SD) | p-value |
| Age in years | | | 0.942b | | | 0.850b |
| <40 years | 9.04 | (2.57) | | 9.10 | (2.48) | |
| 40-50 years | 8.96 | (2.39) | | 9.23 | (2.13) | |
| >50 years | 9.02 | (2.35) | | 9.17 | (2.11) | |
| Experience in years | | | 0.579b | | | 0.411b |
| <5 years | 9.09 | (2.29) | | 8.85 | (2.12) | |
| 5-10 years | 9.15 | (2.57) | | 9.32 | (2.48) | |
| >10 years | 8.91 | (2.40) | | 9.16 | (2.15) | |
| Interest in low back pain | | | <0.001b | | | <0.001b |
| No | 8.30 | (2.33) | | 8.60 | (2.20) | |
| Minimal | 9.68 | (2.42) | | 10.10 | (2.18) | |
| Moderate | 9.78 | (2.31) | | 9.62 | (1.95) | |
| Strong | 10.42 | (2.01) | | 10.28 | (2.39) | |
| Special education in low back pain | | | <0.001b | | | 0.041b |
| None | 8.56 | (2.16) | | 8.93 | (2.18) | |
| CME Course/Fellowship | 9.44 | (2.61) | | 9.46 | (2.31) | |
| Independent study | 9.21 | (2.59) | | 9.14 | (2.21) | |
| Average low back pain patients per week | | | 0.141a | | | 0.026a |
| <10 | 9.27 | (2.48) | | 9.55 | (2.09) |
| ≥10 | 8.91 | (2.43) | | 9.05 | (2.29) | |
| Personal history of low back pain | | | 0.003b | | | 0.504b |
| None | 9.18 | (2.12) | | 9.25 | (2.16) | |
| Acute | 9.68 | (2.26) | | 9.38 | (1.97) | |
| Chronic/ Recurrent episodes | 8.74 | (2.56) | | 9.09 | (2.36) | |
| Personal experience of activity limitations | | | 0.019b | | | 0.796b |
| None | 8.73 | (2.31) | | 9.13 | (2.21) | |
| Occasionally | 9.10 | (2.60) | | 9.26 | (2.31) | |
| Always | 9.57 | (2.31) | | 9.10 | (2.24) | |