Table 2 Respondent demographic and clinical practice characteristics
From: Awareness of radiographic guidelines for low back pain: a survey of Australian chiropractors
Number of respondents agreeing/Total respondents answering question (%) | |
|---|---|
Australian state of clinical practice: | |
NSW | 196/480 (40.8) |
VIC | 88/480 (18.3) |
SA | 42/480 (8.8) |
QLD | 77/480 (16) |
WA | 46/480 (9.6) |
TAS | 5/480 (1.0) |
ACT | 11/480 (2.3) |
NT | 1/480 (0.2) |
Outside Australia | 5/480 (1.0) |
Institute of graduation | |
Macquarie University | 185/480 (39.4) |
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) | 130/480 (27.7) |
Murdoch University | 27/480 (5.8) |
Other Australian institutes | 54/480 (11.5) |
Institutes outside Australia | 73/480 (15.6) |
Years in clinical practice: | |
Less than 6 years | 106/463 (22.9) |
6–10 years | 62/463 (13.4) |
11–15 years | 64/463 (13.8) |
16–20 years | 70/463 (15.1) |
21–30 years | 93/463 (20.1) |
31–40 years | 58/463 (12.5) |
More than 40 years | 10/463 (2.2) |
Radiographic referrals: | |
In-house radiographic facilities | 114/469 (24.3) |
Other chiropractic radiographic facilities | 1/469 (0.2) |
Medical radiographic facilities | 351/469 (74.8) |
No referral (Not currently practicing) | 3/469 (0.6) |
Main chiropractic technique used in clinical practice: | |
Diversified technique | 288/469 (61.4) |
Gonstead technique | 40/469 (8.5) |
Activator technique | 17/469 (3.6) |
Thompson technique | 28/469 (6.0) |
Sacrooccipital technique | 33/469 (7.0) |
Applied kinesiology | 18/469 (3.8) |
Chiropractic biophysics | 12/469 (2.6) |
Advanced biostructural correction | 8/469 (1.7) |
Other technique | 25/469 (5.3) |