The Nordic maintenance care program – case management of chiropractic patients with low back pain: A survey of Swedish chiropractors

Table 1 How 59 Swedish chiropractors would choose their continued case management strategies (A-G) in nine hypothetical case scenarios of LBP (%).

Strategies	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	Several replies	Don't know
	2^nd opinion	Quick-fix	Try again	Ext. help – keep in touch	Symptom-guided maintenance care	Clinical findings-guided maintenance care	Other
The 9 case scenarios
1	0	54*	2	0	20	19	2	2	2
2	0	14	3	0	44*	30	2	2	5
3	20	0	42*	12	8	10	3	0	3
4	0	7	3	3	46*	34*	2	0	5
5	14	0	25*	17*	10	24	3	2	5
6	5	0	37*	29*	7	10	3	2	7
7	15	2	32*	15*	12	8	5	2	8
8	59*	0	14	14	0	0	3	2	8
9	59*	0	8	19	0	0	3	2	8
TOTAL NUMBER OF REPLIES	102	45	99	64	87	80	16	7	31

The largest estimate for each case scenario has been highlighted. Descriptions of the different case scenarios and management strategies are found in App. 2 and 3.
* denotes the pre-hoc choices of the research team.

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