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Table 4 Pain and disability outcome measures - post-intervention

From: Effects of education to facilitate knowledge about chronic pain for adults: a systematic review with meta-analysis

Outcome measure

Study

Sample size

Statistic used

Heterogeneity

Effect size

Test for overall effect

Notes

  

Intervention

Control

Total

 

I2 (%)

 

[95 % CI]

Z-value

p-value

 

PAIN INTENSITY

          

Education versus usual care

          

“average pain”

Linton 1997; Soares 2002; Sparkes 2012; Ruehlman 2013

248

213

461

SMD random

0

−0.01

[−0.19, 0.17]

0.12

0.90

Figure 2

PPQ - pain in the last week

Ferrell 1997

10

10

20

MD random

n/a

−2.80

[−21.09, 15.49]

0.30

0.76

Sample >65 years

Comparison of different types of education

          

SF36 - bodily pain

van Oosterwijck 2013

15

15

30

MD random

n/a

−3.40

[19.98, 13.18]

0.40

0.69

 

DISABILITY

          

Education versus usual care

          

Disability or interference

Linton 1997; Ruehlman 2012; Sparkes 2012

230

196

426

SMD random

49

0.02

[−0.31, 0.34]

0.11

0.91

Figure 4

Comparison of different types of education

          

SF36 - physical function

van Oosterwijck 2013

15

15

30

MD random

n/a

5.30

[−8.64, 19.24]

0.75

0.46

 

Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire

Moseley 2004

31

27

58

MD random

n/a

−2.00

[−3.55, −0.45]

2.53

0.01

Favours education

Function and Disability (pooled data using negative RMDQ score for direct comparison)

van Oosterwijck 2013; Moseley 2004

46

42

88

SMD random

0

0.52

[0.09, 0.95]

2.38

0.02

Figure 6; favours education

SF36 - physical function

Ferrell 1997

10

10

20

MD random

n/a

6.70

[−9.11, 22.51]

0.83

0.41

Sample >65 years

  1. PPQ patient pain questionnaire, SF-36 RAND 36-item health survey, 95 % CI 95 % confidence interval, effect size represented as standardised mean difference (SMD) or mean difference (MD) depending on statistic used; Random = random effects model; heterogeneity is not applicable (n/a) when reported as single study