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

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

	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%	0.863
	worse	4.3%	4.2%	1.000
At 1 month	improved	69.2%	76.7%	*0.035**
	not improved	30.8%	23.3%	*0.035**
	worse	3.8%	1.8%	0.161
At 3 months	improved	74.9%	81.4%	0.053
	not improved	25.1%	18.6%	0.053
	worse	4.8%	1.2%	*0.012**
At 6 months	improved	78.0%	78.6%	0.840
	not improved	22.0%	21.4%	0.840
	worse	2.9%	2.2%	0.710
At 1 year	improved	81.3%	80.6%	0.957
	Not improved	18.7%	19.4%	0.957
	worse	3.3%	2.7%	1.000

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

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