Table 5.
Imaging question responses for cohort overall
| Prescribing arm | Pathology arm | Imaging arm | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline N = 21 | End N = 6 | Baseline N = 16 | End N = 9 | Baseline N = 18 | End N = 11 | |
| Confidence in evidence based imaging | ||||||
| 1—not confident | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (16.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| 2 | 3 (14.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (12.5%) | 3 (33.3%) | 2 (11.1%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| 3 | 10 (47.6%) | 1 (16.7%) | 8 (50.0%) | 3 (33.3%) | 7 (38.9%) | 3 (27.3%) |
| 4 | 8 (38.1%) | 4 (66.6%) | 6 (37.5%) | 2 (22.3%) | 8 (44.4%) | 5 (45.4%) |
| 5—extremely confident | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (11.1%) | 1 (5.6%) | 3 (27.3%) |
| Frequency guideline use in back pain imaging | ||||||
| 0 times | 7 (33.3%) | 2 (33.3%) | 2 (12.5%) | 4 (44.5%) | 5 (27.8%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| 1–5 times | 8 (38.1%) | 3 (50.0%) | 11 (68.8%) | 3 (33.3%) | 8 (44.4%) | 5 (45.4%) |
| 6–10 times | 5 (23.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (18.7%) | 1 (11.1%) | 3 (16.7%) | 3 (27.3%) |
| 11–15 times | 1 (4.8%) | 1 (16.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (11.1%) | 3 (27.3%) |
| 16 + times | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (11.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.0 (0.0%) |
| Frequency discussed why not ordering imaging | ||||||
| 0 times | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| 1–5 times | 12 (57.1%) | 1 (16.7%) | 9 (56.3%) | 2 (22.2%) | 9 (50.0%) | 3 (27.3%) |
| 6–10 times | 5 (23.8%) | 3 (49.9%) | 5 (31.3%) | 6 (66.7%) | 4 (22.2%) | 2 (18.2%) |
| 11–15 times | 1 (4.8%) | 1 (16.7%) | 1 (6.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (11.1%) | 4 (36.3%) |
| 16 + times | 3 (14.3%) | 1 (16.7%) | 1 (6.2%) | 1 (11.1%) | 3 (16.7%) | 2 (18.2%) |