The Long-Term Course of Outcomes for Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Herniation following Integrated Complementary and Alternative Medicine Inpatient Treatment: A Prospective Observational Study

Table 3

Comparison of NRS for LBP and ODI scores in the long-term follow-up group and non-long-term follow-up group.

	Long-term follow-up group ()			Non-long-term follow-up group ()
	Baseline	Discharge	Long-term follow-up	Baseline	Discharge
Low back pain, NRS
Diff (95% CI)^a		3.16 (2.92, 3.39)	3.53 (3.22, 3.83)		3.25 (2.88, 3.61)
Radiating leg pain, NRS
Diff (95% CI)^a		2.36 (2.00, 2.71)	2.72 (2.34, 3.11)		2.26 (1.72, 2.80)
Oswestry disability index
Diff (95% CI)^a		18.64 (16.93, 20.94)	32.89 (30.21, 35.57)		20.65 (17.57, 23.73)

NRS, numerical rating scale; ODI, Oswestry disability index; ^adifference from baseline (95% confidence interval); in paired -test between discharge and long-term follow-up; in paired -test between discharge and long-term follow-up.