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Table 3 Relationships between individual predictor variables and frequency of PROM usage for each PROM category

From: Clinicians’ perceived value and demographic factors that predict the utilisation of patient reported outcome measures for low back pain amongst chiropractors in Australia

Predictor variable

Pain-PROMs

Functional-PROMs

Health-PROMs

OR (95%CI)

Wald χ2

df

p

OR (95%CI)

Wald χ2

df

p

OR (95%CI)

Wald χ2

df

p

Sex (female or male)

1.24 (0.89–1.74)

1.633

1

0.20

0.83 (0.58–1.19)

1.027

1

0.31

1.03 (0.69–1.53)

0.019

1

0.89

Age range

1.05 (0.93–1.19)

0.696

1

0.40

1.08 (0.94–1.23)

1.238

1

0.27

1.06 (0.92–1.22)

0.592

1

0.44

Associate or principal/owner

0.69 (0.48–0.99)

4.101

1

0.04

0.94 (0.63–1.41)

0.08

1

0.78

1.09 (0.71–1.68)

0.153

1

0.67

Years in practice

1.01 (0.99–1.02)

0.633

1

0.43

1.01 (0.99–1.02)

0.903

1

0.34

1.01 (0.99–1.03)

1.091

1

0.30

Importance to the practitioner

1.06 (0.82–1.36)

0.209

1

0.65

1.18 (0.89–1.55)

1.285

1

0.26

1.03 (0.76–1.38)

0.029

1

0.86

Importance to the patient

1.05 (0.84–1.31)

0.199

1

0.66

0.94 (0.74–1.19)

0.266

1

0.61

1.05 (0.81–1.36)

0.115

1

0.74

Influence on treatment plans

0.99 (0.79–1.23)

0.008

1

0.93

1.00 (0.79–1.27)

0.000

1

0.99

1.04 (0.80–1.35)

0.091

1

0.76

  1. Bold values to highlight the significant finding
  2. OR—odds ratio, 95%CI—95% confidence interval, Wald χ2—Wald Chi Square statistic, df-degrees of freedom