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Table 2 Comparison of Ontario chiropractors’ attitudes to drug prescription rights based on the number of years in practice

From: Attitudes toward drug prescription rights: a survey of Ontario chiropractors

Years in practice

Agree %

Neutral %

Disagree %

Attitudes to chiropractors prescribing OTC MSK medicationsa

0 to 15 years

69.8 (369/529)

5.5 (29/529)

24.8 (131/529)

>15 years

59.3 (248/418)

6.9 (29/418)

33.7 (141/418)

Attitudes to chiropractors prescribing prescription-based MSK medicationsb

0 to 15 years

65.8 (347/527)

4.9 (26/527)

29.2 (154/527)

>15 years

56.5 (234/414)

6.0 (25/414)

37.4 (155/414)

Attitudes to chiropractors prescribing any and all medicationsc

0 to 15 years

12.5 (66/529)

11.7 (62/529)

75.8 (401/529)

>15 years

10.8 (45/418)

12.2 (51/418)

77.0 (322/418)

Attitudes to chiropractors counselling patients on MSK medication used

0 to 15 years

71.8 (379/528)

12.3 (65/528)

15.9 (84/528)

>15 years

64.2 (267/416)

8.9 (37/416)

26.9 (112/416)

  1. OTC = over-the-counter, MSK = musculoskeletal
  2. aχ2 2df = 11.24; P = 0.004
  3. bχ2 2df = 8.55; P = 0.014
  4. cχ2 2df = 0.68; P = 0.714
  5. dχ2 2df = 18.07; P < 0.001