Research Article

The Value of Pain Coping Constructs in Subcategorising Back Pain Patients according to Risk of Poor Outcome

Table 2

Identified cut-off values for the CSQ24 using three different methods.

RiskCatastrophisingCognitive Coping
HighMediumLowHighMediumLow

Method 1≥238–22≤7≥1314–23≥24
Method 2NANA≤10NANA≥20
Method 3≥2010–19≤9≤1516–20≥21
Suggested scores≥2010–19≤9≤1516–20≥21

All scores are measured in a range from 0 to 36.