From: Management of patients with low back pain: a survey of French chiropractors
Scenarios (Detailed description in Method section) and total number of respondents | Expected responses (Detailed description in Method section) | Most often selected strategy by French respondents (N = 99) | Agreement in French study with expected choice (Yes/No/Partial) | Most often selected strategy by Swedish respondents[[2]] (N = 59) | Agreement in previous Swedish study with expected choice (Yes/No/Partial) | Agreement between French and previous Swedish study (Yes/No/Partial) |
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1 N = 96 | Quick fix | Quick fix (41%) | Yes | Quick fix (54%) | Yes | Yes |
2 N = 97 | Quick fix or Symptom- guided MC | Clinical findings-guided MC (53%) (moderate consensus) | No | Symptom-guided MC (44%) | Yes | No |
3 N = 91 | Try again | 2nd opinion (21%) or try again (20%) | Partial | Try again (42%) | Yes | Partial |
4 N = 95 | Symptom-guided MC or (possibly) Clinical findings-guided MC | Symptom-guided MC (39%) or Clinical findings- guided MC (39%) | Yes | Symptom-guided MC (46%) | Yes | Yes |
5 N = 95 | Try again or External help-keep in touch | 2nd opinion (27%) | No | Try again (25%) or Clinical findings- guided MC (24%) | Yes | No |
6 N = 92 | Try again or External help-keep in touch | External help- keep in touch (27%) or try again (26%) | Yes | Try again (37%) | Yes | Yes |
7 N = 92 | Try again or external help-keep in touch | 2nd opinion (48%) | No | Try again (32%) | Yes | No |
8 N = 92 | 2 ndopinion | 2nd opinion (71%) (excellent consensus) | Yes | 2 ndopinion (59%) | Yes | Yes |
9 N = 91 | 2 ndopinion | 2nd opinion (61%) (moderate consensus) | Yes | 2 ndopinion (59%) | Yes | Yes |