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Table 3 Baseline characteristics of patients

From: Guideline implementation in the Canadian chiropractic setting: a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial and parallel study

Variable

Intervention group

Control group

n=11

n =18

Gender, n (%)

 Female

9 (81.8)

13 (72.2)

 Male

2 (18.2)

5 (27.8)

Age, Mean (SD), years

48.6 (15.2)

43.08 (13.9)

Education, n (%)

 High-school

5 (45.4)

4 (22.2)

 Post-secondary

5 (45.4)

12 (66.7)

 Graduate

1 (9.2)

2 (11.1)

Duration of neck pain, n (%)

 > 3 months

8 (72.7)

8 (44.4)

 < 3 months

3 (27.3)

10 (55.6)

History of trauma, n (%)

 No

4 (36.4)

11 (61.1)

 Yes

7 (63.6)

7 (38.9)

Disease of neck pain, n (%)

 No

9 (81.82)

18 (100)

 Yes

2 (18.18)

-

Previous neck surgery, n (%)

 No

14 (100)

18 94.4)

 Yes

-

-

Pregnant, n (%)

 No

11 (100)

17 (94.4)

 Yes

-

1 (5.6)

Medication used for neck pain, n (%)

 No

6 (54.6)

13 (72.2)

 Yes

4 (36.4)

5 (27.8)

 Sometimes

1 (9.09)

-

  1. SD Standard Deviation, %: Percentage, n Number; Case load: Proportion of neck pain patients per week