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Table 1 Professionals’ characteristics

From: Professional barriers and facilitators to using stratified care approaches for managing non-specific low back pain: a qualitative study with Canadian physiotherapists and chiropractors

Characteristics

Physical therapists (N = 14)

Chiropractors (N = 13)

Age

39.3 years (SD ± 7.97)

41.8 (SD ± 9.04)

Gender (n (%))

 Male

5 (35.7)

11 (84.6)

 Female

9 (64.3)

2 (15.4)

Highest level of education

 Diploma Program

  

 Undergraduate Degree

8

10

 Master Degree

5

3

 PhD Degree

  

Clinical experience (years)

14.8 (SD ± 8.9)

14.8 (SD ± 10.2)

Current employment status

 Full-timea

10

10

 Part-timeb

4

3

Practice type /workplace?

 Solo practice

3

2

 Group practice

11

11

Clinical setting

 Private

7

7

 Multidisciplinary health care center

4

6

 Rehabilitation center

1

 Hospitals

2

Socioeconomic status (SES) of managed patients (on average)

 Mostly high SES

4

7

 Middle SES

9

5

 Mostly low SES

1

1

Practice location

 Urban area

7

7

 Suburban area

5

6

 Rural area

2

Average total number of patients (new and regular visit) per week

39

67

Average total number of LBP patients (new and regular visit) per week

13

34

Average number of NEW cases of LBP per week

3

2

  1. amore than 16 hours in patient- contact hours; b less than 16 hours in patient- contact hours; LBP low back pain