Table 4 Chiropractic students’ scores on ChiroCon & MHB across years 2–5 in a survey of Chiropractic Conservativism and Magical Health Beliefs

Mean (95% CI) ChiroCon scores across years of study 2, 3, 4 and 5

Year 2

83

3.96 (2.56)

0.28

3.40–4.52

Year 3

76

3.05 (2.09)

0.24

2.58–3.53

Year 4

43

4.26 (2.45)

0.37

3.50–5.01

Year 5 (final)

35

2.23 (1.83)

0.31

1.60–2.86

Total

237

3.47 (2.39)

0.16

3.16–3.78

Mean (95% CI) MHB scores across years of study 2, 3, 4 and 5

Year 2

81

26.44 (7.2)

0.80

24.86–28.03

Year 3

75

23.76 (7.1)

0.82

22.12–25.40

Year 4

40

26.58 (6.7)

1.06

24.43–28.72

Year 5 (final)

35

20.17 (7.2)

1.22

17.69–22.65

Total

231

24.65 (7.4)

0.49

23.69–25.60