Table 5 Practice guideline adherence on advice to return to work by chiropractors in all vignettes: results of (univariable and multivariable) generalized mixed model
Univariable generalized mixed models | Practice guidelines adherence in the vignette (% (95% CI)) | OR (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|
Overall adherence for all six vignettes | 59.4 (55.2–63.4) |  |
Overall adherence for the three vignettes describing patients with acute low back pain | 39.4 (34.6–44.4) |  |
Overall adherence for the three vignettes describing patients with chronic low back pain | 81.6 (76.9–85.4) |  |
Postgraduate training | Â | Â |
 No (reference category) | 56.5 (51.1–61.2) |  |
 Yes | 63.8(57.2–70.0) | 1.4 (0.9–1.9) |
Country where working | Â | Â |
 Belgium (reference category) | 47.6 (39.8–55.6) |  |
 The Netherlands | 63.6 (58.9–68.0) | 1.9 (1.3–2.8) |
Type of practice | Â | Â |
 Solo practice (reference category) | 58.6 (52.1–64.8) |  |
 Group practice | 60.0 (54.4–65.3) | 1.1 (0.7–1.5) |
Years in practice | Â | Â |
 0–10 years | 65.4(59.4–71.0) |  |
 11–20 years | 55.7 (47.9–63.3) | 0.7 (0.4–1.0) |
 20+ years | 52.5 (44.1–60.8) | 0.6 (0.4–0.9) |
Familiar with guidelines | Â | Â |
 No (reference category) | 54.2 (46.4–61.7) |  |
 Yes | 61.6 (56.6–66.3) | 1.4 (0.9–2.0) |
Multivariable generalized mixed models | Coefficient | OR | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|
Post-graduate education | Â | Â | Â |
 No (reference category) |  |  |  |
 Yes | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.9–1.7 |
Country where working | Â | Â | Â |
 Belgium (reference category) |  |  |  |
 Netherlands | 0.7 | 2.0 | 1.3–2.9 |
Type of practice | Â | Â | Â |
 Solo practice (reference category) |  |  |  |
 Group practice | − 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.6–1.2 |
Years in practice | Â | Â | Â |
 0–10 years (reference category) |  |  |  |
 10–20 years | − 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4–1.0 |
 20+ years | − 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4–0.9 |
Familiar with guidelines | Â | Â | Â |
 No (reference category) |  |  |  |
 Yes | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.7–1.5 |