Table 2 Characteristics of 1,947 initial visit records at Balgrist University Hospital chiropractic polyclinic in 2019
Variable | N | % | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|
Referral sources [n = 1329; missing data = 618 (31.7%)] | |||
Internal | 769 | 57.9 | 55.2–60.5 |
Spine surgery division | 632 | 82.2 | 79.3–84.7 |
Other orthopaedic divisions | 81 | 10.5 | 8.6–12.9 |
Rheumatology | 22 | 2.9 | 1.9–4.3 |
Sports medicine | 22 | 2.9 | 1.9–4.3 |
Others | 12 | 1.6 | 0.9–2.7 |
External | 127 | 9.6 | 8.1– 11.3 |
General practitioner | 89 | 70.1 | 61.6–77.4 |
Chiropractor | 15 | 11.8 | 7.3–18.6 |
Gynaecologist | 6 | 4.7 | 2.2–9.9 |
Rheumatologist | 5 | 3.9 | 1.7–8.9 |
Neurosurgeon | 4 | 3.1 | 1.2–7.8 |
Others | 12 | 6.3 | 3.2–11.9 |
Self-referral | 433 | 32.6 | 30.1–35.1 |
Treatment provider (n = 1947; no missing data) | |||
Intern | 907 | 46.6 | 44.4–48.8 |
Resident | 564 | 29.0 | 27.0–31.0 |
Senior chiropractor | 476 | 24.4 | 22.6–26.4 |
Number of visits (n = 1947; no missing data) | |||
1–3 | 739 | 38.0 | 35.8–40.1 |
4–7 | 573 | 29.4 | 27.4–31.5 |
8–11 | 304 | 15.6 | 14.1–17.3 |
12–15 | 156 | 8.0 | 6.9–9.3 |
16–19 | 88 | 4.5 | 3.7–5.5 |
20–29 | 68 | 3.5 | 2.8–4.4 |
30–39 | 17 | 0.9 | 0.5–1.4 |
≥ 40 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.0–0.4 |
NRS reported in initial visit report (n = 869, missing data = 1078 (55.4%)) | |||
0 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.1–1.0 |
1 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.1–0.8 |
2 | 15 | 1.7 | 1.0–2.8 |
3 | 13 | 1.5 | 0.9–2.5 |
4 | 38 | 4.4 | 3.2–5.9 |
5 | 66 | 7.6 | 6.0–9.5 |
6 | 91 | 10.5 | 8.6–12.7 |
7 | 150 | 17.3 | 14.9–19.9 |
8 | 256 | 29.5 | 26.5–32.6 |
9 | 102 | 11.7 | 9.8–14.0 |
10 | 133 | 15.3 | 13.1–17.9 |