From: Attitudes of non-practicing chiropractors: a pilot survey concerning factors related to attrition
Item | Strongly agree n (%) | Moderately agree n (%) | Neutral n (%) | Moderately disagree n (%) | Strongly disagree n (%) |
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Financial Domain items | |||||
Salary surveys are realistically aligned with the real world of chiropractic practice | 2 (3%) | 10 (14%) | 9 (13%) | 14 (20%) | 35 (50%) |
Salaries in associate practice are fair. | 1 (1%) | 7 (10%) | 13 (19%) | 21 (30%) | 28 (40%) |
Associates in a chiropractic practice are often encouraged to prolong the care of patients | 37 (54%) | 12 (17%) | 8 (12%) | 5 (7%) | 7 (10%) |
Evidence-based chiropractors can earn a fair living in chiropractic as compared to non-evidence-based chiropractors. | 8 (12%) | 13 (19%) | 13 (19%) | 15 (22%) | 20 (28%) |
Overhead expense is a contributing factor to practice success. | 29 (42%) | 26 (38%) | 6 (9%) | 5 (7%) | 3 (4%) |
A lack of benefits (paid vacation, health insurance, etc) is a factor in career success and happiness. | 23 (33%) | 22 (31%) | 9 (13%) | 6 (9%) | 10 (14%) |
Courses in business in the chiropractic curriculum enhance the success as a practicing chiropractor | 10 (14%) | 14 (20%) | 13 (19%) | 13 (19%) | 20 (28%) |
Student loan repayment is not a factor in career success in chiropractic. | 4 (6%) | 5 (7%) | 16 (23%) | 16 (23%) | 29 (41%) |
Chiropractic is an easy career to make money. | 3 (4%) | 4 (6%) | 5 (7%) | 11 (16%) | 47 (67%) |
Insurance reimbursement rates and increased paperwork are not a factor in practice success | 3 (4%) | 7 (10%) | 8 (11%) | 17 (24%) | 35 (50%) |
Regulations such as HIPAA and other federal laws made it difficult to maintain a thriving practice. | 7 (10%) | 7 (10%) | 18 (26%) | 21 (30%) | 17 (24%) |
Educational Domain items | |||||
With a chiropractic education, one should not have trouble finding gainful employment outside of chiropractic | 5 (7%) | 6 (9%) | 7 (10%) | 15 (21%) | 37 (53%) |
A chiropractic education is an asset when pursuing another career. | 6 (9%) | 13 (19%) | 7 (10%) | 17 (24%) | 27 (38%) |
Overall, the chiropractic education has value. | 12 (17%) | 22 (32%) | 8 (12%) | 13 (19%) | 14 (20%) |
Chiropractic is not a good career choice. | 47 (67%) | 5 (7%) | 6 (9%) | 1 (1%) | 11 (16%) |
I would encourage others to become a chiropractor. | 5 (7%) | 4 (6%) | 6 (8%) | 4 (6%) | 51 (73%) |
Chiropractic training provides an adequate background to evaluate and assimilate the health research base | 6 (9%) | 19 (27%) | 6 (9%) | 13 (19%) | 25 (36%) |
There is misleading information about chiropractic before entering chiropractic school. | 39 (56%) | 15 (21%) | 4 (6%) | 4 (6%) | 8 (11%) |
Chiropractic schools admissions information was accurate when you entered into chiropractic school. | 11 (16%) | 11 (16%) | 14 (20%) | 10 (14%) | 24 (34%) |
Psychosocial Domain items | |||||
Burn-out is not a factor in leaving active chiropractic practice. | 7 (10%) | 11 (16%) | 4 (6%) | 23 (33%) | 24 (35%) |
Having received care by a chiropractor is important for career success. | 8 (11%) | 13 (19%) | 16 (23%) | 11 (16%) | 22 (31%) |
The title of doctor is an attractive feature of being a chiropractor. | 16 (23%) | 30 (43%) | 12 (17%) | 7 (10%) | 5 (7%) |
Business ethics in chiropractic are perceived as questionable. | 47 (67%) | 9 (13%) | 3 (4%) | 6 (9%) | 5 (7%) |
There are too many chiropractors currently in practice. | 40 (57%) | 10 (14%) | 13 (19%) | 3 (4%) | 4 (6%) |
Setting one's own hours is an attractive feature. | 40 (57%) | 23 (33%) | 4 (6%) | 2 (3%) | 1 (1%) |
An associates experience in chiropractic practice is a reason for many leaving the profession. | 12 (17%) | 18 (26%) | 19 (28%) | 8 (12%) | 12 (17%) |
To be a good chiropractor, one must be a good adjuster. | 9 (13%) | 23 (33%) | 11 (16%) | 11 (16%) | 16 (22%) |
Political Domain items | |||||
Chiropractic lacks cultural authority. | 27 (40%) | 23 (34%) | 14 (21%) | 1 (1%) | 3 (4%) |
If the practice of chiropractic became more like medicine's reputation I would re-enter into chiropractic practice. | 14 (20%) | 21 (30%) | 10 (15%) | 11 (16%) | 13 (19%) |
The political problems (non-unity, philosophy, subluxation, etc) in chiropractic are factors in being perceived as a quality clinician. | 25 (36%) | 15 (22%) | 13 (19%) | 5 (7%) | 11 (16%) |
The scope of practice in chiropractic is too narrow to effectively treat patients | 20 (28%) | 19 (27%) | 6 (9%) | 14 (20%) | 11 (16%) |
The dogma and philosophy of chiropractic are reasons to abandon active chiropractic practice. | 23 (33%) | 19 (27%) | 8 (11%) | 7 (10%) | 13 (19%) |
There are many chiropractors I know who are not in active practice. | 16 (23%) | 14 (20%) | 21 (30%) | 9 (13%) | 10 (14%) |
Chiropractors who are not in active practice are considered failures by practicing chiropractors | 23 (33%) | 22 (31%) | 12 (17%) | 6 (9%) | 10 (10%) |
Being injured by a chiropractor or causing injury by chiropractic treatment can be a factor in leaving active practice. | 9 (13%) | 19 (27%) | 20 (29%) | 10 (15%) | 11 (16%) |