Prevalence and factors associated with the use of primary headache diagnostic criteria by chiropractors

Table 4 Importance of headache treatment outcomes across the use of ICHD primary headache diagnostic criteria

Chiropractic headache management/treatment		Used diagnostic criteria for primary headache types
Chiropractic headache management/treatment		No (n = 61)	Yes (n = 334)	p-value
Importance of treatment outcomes		%	%
Treatment aimed to prevent headache episodes	Very unimportant	11	5	0.317
	Somewhat unimportant	0	0
	Neutral	0	1
	Somewhat important	13	10
	Very important	77	84
Treatment aimed to improve recovery from episode of headaches	Very unimportant	9	4	0.043
	Somewhat unimportant	2	1
	Neutral	0	1
	Somewhat important	27	16
	Very important	62	78
Treatment aimed at pain relief during headache episode	Very unimportant	9	3	0.049
	Somewhat unimportant	0	1
	Neutral	5	3
	Somewhat important	41	32
	Very important	45	61
Treatment aimed to improve headache coping skills	Very unimportant	7	2	0.001
	Somewhat unimportant	11	3
	Neutral	16	8
	Somewhat important	32	35
	Very important	34	52
Treatment aimed to improve overall health and well-being	Very unimportant	9	4	0.411
	Somewhat unimportant	0	2
	Neutral	2	3
	Somewhat important	12	16
	Very important	77	75

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