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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics across the validity and reliability phases by gender

From: Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Yoruba version of the Back beliefs questionnaire among patients with chronic low-back pain

Variables

Validity

Reliability

Male

Mean ± SD

Female

Mean ± SD

t-value

p-value

Male

Mean ± SD

Female

Mean ± SD

t-value

p-value

Age (Years)

59.0 ± 8.3

55.1 ± 8.4

2.55

0.01**

62.5 ± 9.8

56.2 ± 8.1

2.51

0.02

Height (m)

1.7 ± 0.1

1.6 ± 0.1

4.38

0.01**

1.7 ± 0.1

1.6 ± 0.1

3.03

0.001

Weight (Kg)

69.4 ± 9.0

68.6 ± 9.7

0.50

0.62

70.0 ± 9.2

67.0 ± 8.2

1.25

0.22

BMI (Kg/m2)

25.1 ± 3.6

26.5 ± 3.9

−2.0

0.52

25.1 ± 3.5

25.7 ± 3.7

−0.62

0.54

 

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

U

p-value

    

VAS score (cm)

5.5 (3.0)

5.0 (2.0)

51,549.5

0.30

    

BBQ-Y score

24.0 (8.8)

23.0 (9.0)

1580.

0.39

    
  1. BMI Body Mass Indexm, VAS Visual Analogue Scale, SD Standard Deviation, BBQ-Y Yoruba version of the Back Beliefs Questionnaire, IQR Interquartile Range;**-Significance at p < 0.05