Barriers to Physical Activity in Low Back Pain Patients following Rehabilitation: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 2

Perceived barriers of inactive and active participants at six-month follow-up (dichotomized).

Perceived barrier; (“very strong barrier” or “strong barrier”)	Inactive; (); (%)	Active; (); (%)	value
Bad weather	12 (27%)	16 (11%)	0.005
Tired	26 (59%)	27 (25%)	<0.001
Activities with friends	8 (18%)	19 (13%)	0.376
Being ill	21 (48%)	85 (58%)	0.276
Not feeling like it	17 (39%)	20 (14%)	<0.001
Too much work	18 (41%)	49 (33%)	0.281
Pain	26 (59%)	64 (43%)	0.060
Want to stay home	17 (39%)	15 (10%)	<0.001
Bad mood	9 (21%)	21 (14%)	0.302
Injury	12 (27%)	58 (39%)	0.125
TV	6 (14%)	10 (7%)	0.132
Depressed	16 (36%)	26 (18%)	0.006
Stress	22 (50%)	46 (31%)	0.014
Partner against it	3 (7%)	4 (3%)	0.202
Sport field too far away	8 (18%)	10 (7%)	0.019
Too expensive	14 (32%)	21 (14%)	0.004
Difficult to organize	8 (18%)	14 (10%)	0.100
No sport partner	6 (14%)	10 (7%)	0.132
Forgot to do sport	12 (27%)	8 (5%)	<0.001

Pearson chi squared; value < 0.05.