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. 2024 Apr 30;32:13. doi: 10.1186/s12998-024-00534-3

Table 6.

Sources of information used by chiropractors for clinical decisions (n = 132)

Mean
SD (%)
Rank
Personal Intuition 4.6 (2.4) 1
Clinical Practice Guidelines 4.9 (2.7) 2
Traditional Knowledge 4.9 (3.0) 3
Consulting Practitioners or experts 5.0 (2.3) 4
Textbooks 5.2 (2.5) 5
Published Clinical Evidence (i.e., clinical trials) 5.3 (3.3) 6
Personal Preference 5.7 (2.9) 7
Patient Preference 6.1 (2.8) 8
Trial and Error 6.5 (2.6) 9
Published experimental/laboratory evidence (i.e., animals or test tube studies) 6.9 (3.3) 10