Management of people with low back pain: a survey of opinions and beliefs of Dutch and Belgian chiropractors

Table 7 Practice guideline adherence on the advice for staying active 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	77.5 (72.3–81.9)
Overall adherence for the three vignettes describing patients with acute low back pain	68.1 (61.8–73.8)
Overall adherence for the three vignettes describing patients with chronic low back pain	83.8 (78.8–87.7)
Postgraduate training
No (reference category)	81.1 (75.1–86.0)
Yes	71.0 (61.3–79.0)	0.6 (0.3–1.0)
Country where working
Belgium (reference category)	72.3 (61.0–81.4)
The Netherlands	79.3(73.4–84.1)	1.5(0,8–2.7)
Type of practice
Solo practice (reference category)	79.0 (71.1–85.1)
Group practice	76.3 (69.2–82.3)	0.9(0.5–1.5)
Years in practice
0–10 years	77.6 (69.7–84.0)
11–20 years	81.7(72.7–88.2)	1.3 (0.7–2.5)
20+ years	72.0 (60.2–81.3)	0.7 (0.4–1.5)
Familiar with guidelines
No (reference category)	73.9 (63.5–82.2)
Yes	79.0 (73.0–84.0)	1.3 (0.7–2.4)

Multivariable generalized mixed models	Coefficient	OR	95% CI
Post-graduate education
No (reference category)
Yes	− 0.6	0.5	0.3–1.0
Country where working
Belgium (reference category)
Netherlands	0.5	1.6	0.8–3.1
Type of practice
Solo practice (reference category)
Group practice	− 0.3	0.8	0.4–1.4
Years in Practice
0–10 years (reference category)
10–20 years	0.2	1.2	0.6–2.3
20+ years	− 0.3	0.8	0.4–1.5
Familiar with guidelines
No (reference category)
Yes	0.3	1.3	0.7–2.5

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