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Table 4 Compliance with guideline recommendations for acute and chronic non-specific neck pain

From: Managing patients with acute and chronic non-specific neck pain: are Danish chiropractors compliant with guidelines?

Acute

Chronic

 

Reccomendation

Compliance

Non-Compliance

Reccomendation

Compliance

Non-Compliance

 

#1 Exercise + Information

55 (16,8%)

273 (83,2%)

#1 Manipulation

288 (90,3%)

31 (9,7%)

 

#2 Other manual + Exercise + Information

34 (10,4%)

294 (89,6%)

#2 Exercise + Information

195 (61,1%)

124 (38,9%)

 

#3 Manipulation + Other manual + Exercise + Information

30 (9,1%)

298 (90,9%)

#3 Exercise + Other manual

138 (43,3%)

181 (56,7%)

 
   

#4 Other manual + Exercise + Information

137 (42,9%)

182 (57,1%)

 
   

#5 Other manual + Other tx + Exercise

71 (22,3%)

248 (77,7%)

 
   

#6 Manipulation + Other manual + Other tx + Exercise + Information

63 (19,7%)

256 (80,3%)

 

General compliance

Compliance

Non-Compliance

General compliance

Compliance

Non-Compliance

P-value

Overall

55 (16,8%)

273 (83,2%)

Overall

309 (96,9%)

10 (3,1%)

<0.001a

Multimodal

34 (10,4%)

294 (89,6%)

Multimodal

138 (43,3%)

181 (56,7%)

<0.001a

  1. aDifferences in compliance between recommendations for acute and chronic patients, tested with chi-squared test, considered significant at p < 0.05 level