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Table 2 Comparison of proportion of patients ‘improved’, ‘not improved’ and ‘worse’ based on PGIC responses

From: Comparison of treatment outcomes in neck pain patients depending on the sex of the chiropractor: a prospective outcome study

 

PGIC

Male DC’s

Female DC’s

p-value

At 1 week

improved

56.5%

54.6%

0.863

not improved

43.5%

45.4%

worse

4.3%

4.2%

1.000

At 1 month

improved

69.2%

76.7%

0.035*

not improved

30.8%

23.3%

worse

3.8%

1.8%

0.161

At 3 months

improved

74.9%

81.4%

0.053

not improved

25.1%

18.6%

worse

4.8%

1.2%

0.012*

At 6 months

improved

78.0%

78.6%

0.840

not improved

22.0%

21.4%

worse

2.9%

2.2%

0.710

At 1 year

improved

81.3%

80.6%

0.957

Not improved

18.7%

19.4%

worse

3.3%

2.7%

1.000

  1. *p ≤ 0.05, PGIC Patient’s Global Impression of Change, DC Doctor of Chiropractic. Italic and bold = p < 0.05