Research Article

Differences and Correlations of Anxiety, Sleep Quality, and Pressure-Pain Threshold between Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain and Asymptomatic People

Table 4

Differences in the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index between patients with CLBP and asymptomatic people (M ± SD).

Chronic low back pain (n = 40)Asymptomatic (n = 40)t

Time to fall asleep1.05 ± 0.861.16 ± 0.800.5780.565
Sleeping time0.44 ± 0.640.20 ± 0.46−1.9610.053
Sleep efficiency0.28 ± 0.610.13 ± 0.41−1.3400.184
Sleep disorder1.41 ± 1.160.93 ± 0.39−2.5870.011
Sleep quality1.26 ± 0.751.07 ± 0.65−1.2380.219
Hypnotics0.08 ± 0.480.00 ± 0.00−1.0750.285
Daytime dysfunction1.90 ± 0.821.60 ± 0.69−1.8080.074
Total score6.41 ± 2.435.09 ± 2.18−2.6280.010

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