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Table 2 GP’s previous and potential future personal usage of SMT

From: Survey based investigation into general practitioner referral patterns for spinal manipulative therapy

 

Expressed preference for personal use

Total expressing personal preference

Expressed preference for Patient referral/recommendation

Total expressing preference for referral

 

Previously

Future

 

Previously

Future

 

Osteopathy

10(21%)

10(13%)

20(16%)

15(11%)

1(8%)

16(11%)

Chiropractic

13(27%)

3(4%)

16(13%)

9(7%)

1(8%)

10(7%)

Physiotherapy

9(19%)

18(24%)

27(22%)

18(14%)

8(62%)

26(18%)

No preference

6(13%)

22(29%)

28(23%)

35(27%)

1(8%)

36(25%)

Osteopathy /Chiropractic

6(13%)

7(9%)

13(11%)

28(21%)

1(8%)

29(20%)

Chiropractic/ Physiotherapy

0

4(5%)

4(3%)

9(7%)

0

9(6%)

Osteopathy/Physiotherapy

3(6%)

9(12%)

12(10%)

13(10%)

1(8%)

14(10%)

Other

1(2%)

2(3%)

3(2%)

4(3%)

0

4(3%)

n=

48

75

123

131

13

144

  1. Preference for services: either used previously or not used previously with the caveat that they may do so in the future- regarding SMT and patient referral or recommendation. Percentages are presented for comparison, please note the numbers have been rounded to integers and so may not summate to 100%.