Working Together and Being Physically Active Are Not Enough to Advise Uniformly and Adequately Low Back Pain Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 5
Perceived PA and objective PA for the three professional groups and all the HCPs (mean ± SD): scores on the Baecke and number of steps per day during working days and days off.
Physicians (PY), M (SD)
Physiotherapists (PT), M (SD)
Nurses (NU), M (SD)
Overall, M (SD)
F (2.62)
η2
Post hoc Scheffé
Work index
2.2 (0.4)
3.4 (0.3)
3.6 (0.6)
3.1 (0.8)
51.67
<0.01
0.6 (0.5;0.7)
PT, NU > PY
Sport index
3.3 (0.7)
3.5 (0.5)
2.9 (0.7)
3.2 (0.7)
5.34
0.01
0.1 (0.01;0.3)
PT > NU
Leisure activity index
3.3 (0.4)
3.1 (0.6)
2.9 (0.5)
3.1 (0.5)
4.23
0.02
0.1 (0;0.3)
PY > NU
Baecke overall
2.9 (0.3)
3.3 (0.3)
3.1 (0.3)
3.1 (0.4)
9.73
<0.01
0.2 (0;0.4)
PT > PY, NU
Steps/day (working day)
6,153 (1,884)
8,951 (2,885)
8,197 (2,313)
7,812 (2,699)
13.60
<0.01
0.3 (0.1;0.4)
PT, NU > PY
value <0.05 is labelled with a which indicates that there was a significant difference between the three professional groups. The column post hoc Scheffé indicates all the significant differences between two groups.
