Do “Myths” of low back pain exist among young Indian college-going adults with a history of low back pain? A cross-sectional study

Bulletin of Faculty of Physical Therapy

Table 5 Evaluation of the responses based on educational level

Myths	Pearson chi-square	Undergrads		Postgrads		p value
Myths	Pearson chi-square	Agree (%)	Disagree (%)	Agree (%)	Disagree (%)	p value
M1	4.27	69.4	30.6	62.3	37.7	0.11
M2	1.19	73.9	26.1	78.1	21.9	0.55
M3	0.71	60.9	39.1	62.3	37.7	0.70
M4	3.05	42.8	57.2	36.0	64.0	0.21
M5	0.78	71.4	28.6	31.6	68.4	0.67
M6	0.33	80.3	19.7	81.6	18.4	0.84
M7	3.23	79.6	20.4	86.8	13.2	0.19
M8	0.52	65.7	34.3	65.8	34.2	0.76
M9	0.45	69.7	30.3	70.2	29.8	0.79
M10	1.24	43.8	56.2	47.4	52.6	0.53

M1–M10 are myth statements highlighted in Table 1 and the p value is significant at < 0.05. Each row represents one question. The percentage of agreement and disagreement for each gender and the p value for the chi-square test of independence are shown