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Table 3 Mean subscale scores on the PABS-PT pre- and post-elective Pain Elective (PE) or Other Elective (OE)

From: Evaluation of pain knowledge and attitudes and beliefs from a pre-licensure physical therapy curriculum and a stand-alone pain elective

PABS-PT

Pain Elective (PE), N = 30

Other Elective (OE), N = 26

Subscale

Time

Mean (SD)

95% confidence interval

Time

Mean (SD)

95% confidence interval

Lower

Upper

Lower

Upper

Biomedical

Pre

33.2 (6.2)

30.8

35.7

Pre

34.4 (5.4)

32.1

36.6

Post

26.1 (5.6)

*p < 0.001

23.8

28.4

Post

33.8 (4.0)

ns, p = 0.49

32.1

35.4

Biopsychosocial

Pre

35.3 (3.1)

34.1

36.5

Pre

34.4 (4.3)

32.7

32.9

Post

38.3 (3.5) *p = 0.003

82.4

39.7

Post

34.5 (3.6)

ns, P = 0.95

32.9

35.9

  1. Pain elective pre-post paired t-test for each subscale, other elective pre-post paired t-test for each subscale