Table 5 Patient’s perceptions of the therapeutic alliance when treated by same sex and different sex chiropractors
Patients’ perceptions | Gender match | N | Meana | SD | t(df) | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall WAV-12 | No match | 78 | 4.11 | ±0.54 | t(179) = 0.46 | 0.64 |
|  | Match | 103 | 4.07 | ±0.63 |  |  |
Goal dimension | No match | 85 | 4.03 | ±0.62 | t(193) = 1.03 | 0.30 |
|  | Match | 110 | 3.93 | ±0.67 |  |  |
Task dimension | No match | 87 | 4.10 | ±0.60 | t(196) = 0.14 | 0.89 |
|  | Match | 111 | 4.09 | ±0.63 |  |  |
Bond dimension | No match | 81 | 4.20 | ±0.66 | t(183) = −0.24 | 0.81 |
|  | Match | 104 | 4.23 | ±0.73 |  |  |