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 | Â | Â |
 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 | Â | Â |
 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 | Â | Â |
 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 | Â | Â |
 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 | Â | Â |
 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 | Â | Â | Â |
 No (reference category) |  |  |  |
 Yes | − 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3–1.0 |
Country where working | Â | Â | Â |
 Belgium (reference category) |  |  |  |
 Netherlands | 0.5 | 1.6 | 0.8–3.1 |
Type of practice | Â | Â | Â |
 Solo practice (reference category) |  |  |  |
 Group practice | − 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.4–1.4 |
Years in Practice | Â | Â | Â |
 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 | Â | Â | Â |
 No (reference category) |  |  |  |
 Yes | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.7–2.5 |