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Table 3 Associations between Intolerance of Uncertainty and various clinical outcome variables in a study of Australian chiropractic students

From: The relationship between intolerance of uncertainty in chiropractic students and their treatment intervention choices

Clinical outcome variables

Numbers of students with Normal IU

N (%)

Numbers of students with High IU

N (%)

aNeck Pain Scenario: Number of inappropriate referrals (N = 206)

  

 Acceptable

113 (71)

22 (48)

 Unacceptable

47 (29)

24 (52)

χ2 (1, N = 206) = 8.2, p = .004

aLow Back Pain Scenario: Number of inappropriate choices of maintenance care (N = 198)

  

 Acceptable

109 (71)

29 (64)

 Unacceptable

44 (29)

16 (36)

χ2 (1, N = 198) = .76, p = .38

aLow Back Pain Scenario: Number of inappropriate referrals (N = 200)

  

 Acceptable

136 (88)

37 (82)

 Unacceptable

19 (12

8 (18)

χ2 (1, N = 200) = .91, p = .34

  

Preference for Technique System of Analysis (N = 432):

  

 Yes

247 (81)

108 (86)

 Don’t know/ No

60 (20)

17 (14)

χ2 (1, N = 432) = 2.14, p = .14

Self-rating of predicted clinical competence (N = 432)

  

 Below Average

7 (2)

4 (3)

 Average

76 (25)

32 (25)

 Above Average

177 (58)

63 (50)

 Don’t know

46 (15)

27 (21)

χ2 (3, N= 432) = 3.4, p = .33

  1. athese questions were only submitted to students in years 3, 4 and 5