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Table 3 Characteristics of responding chiropractors distributed by PABS.PT score

From: Is the use of diagnostic imaging and the self-reported clinical management of low back pain patients influenced by the attitudes and beliefs of chiropractors? A survey of chiropractors in the Netherlands and Belgium

 

Total (n = 158)

High biomedical class (n = 18)

Mid biomedical class (n = 117)

Low biomedical class (n = 23)

Sex (%)

Female

38.3

22.2

38.5

39.5

Male

61.7

77.8

61.5

65.2

Age: mean (SD)

42.7 (12.7)

40.6 (8.5)

38.7 (10.9)

47.9 (16.3)

Country where working (%)

The Netherlands

73.3

77.8

80.3

34.8

Belgium

26.7

22.2

19.7

65.2

Practice type (%)

Solo practice

31.1

55.6

39.3

65.2

Group practice

46.7

38.9

47

26.1

Multidisciplinary

17.8

5.6

11.1

8.7

Years in practice: mean (SD)

17.2 (12.5)

13.2 (6.5)

12.5 (9.3)

22.0 (15.2)