Table 3.

Mean resource use (SD) per patient (n = 250) for MIS and UC during 12 months follow-up, and the percentage of patients who made use of that specific resource

Resources	MIS (n = 116)		UC (n = 134)
Direct health care
Primary care
General practitioner (consultations)*	2.7 (1.0)	99.1%	0.9 (1.2)	44%
Physical therapy (treatment sessions)	2.3 (5.8)	17.2%	3.2 (5.8)	35.1%
Manual therapy (treatment sessions)*	0.1 (0.7)	2.6%	0.4 (1.7)	9%
Exercise therapy (treatment sessions)	0.3 (1.8)	2.6%	0.9 (3.5)	9%
Back school (treatment sessions)	0.5 (0.6)	0.9%	0 (0)	0%
Chiropractor (treatment sessions)	0 (0)	0%	0.1 (0.9)	2.2%
Physiofitness (treatment programs)	0.1 (0.2)	6%	0.1 (0.2)	4.5%
Professional home care (hours)	0 (0)	0%	0.6 (6.5)	0.7%
Psychologist (treatment sessions)	0.1 (0.8)	0.9%	0 (0)	0%
Secondary care
Outpatient visit (number)	0.1 (0.4)	4.3%	0.2 (0.7)	7.5%
Hospitalization (days)	0.02 (0.2)	0.9%	0.01 (0.1)	0.7%
X-ray (number)	0.1 (0.3)	5.2%	0.1 (0.4)	9.7%
MRI-scan (number)	0.01 (0.1)	0.9%	0.03 (0.2)	2.2%
Medication (% yes)	–	74.1%	–	73.9%
Direct non-health care
Complementary care
Homeopathy (treatment sessions)	0.04 (0.3)	1.7%	0 (0)	0%
Osteopathy (treatment sessions)	0.1 (0.5)	3.4%	0.2 (0.3)	0.7%
Massage (treatment sessions)	0.1 (0.8)	1.7%	0.4 (3.0)	3.7%
Acupuncture (treatment sessions)	0 (0)	0%	0.04 (0.4)	1.5%
Magnetizer (treatment sessions)	0.3 (2.3)	1.7%	0.1 (1.0)	0.7%
Orthomanual therapy (treatment sessions)	0.03 (0.3)	1.7%	0.03 (0.4)	0.7%
Podiatrist	0.03 (0.2)	1.7%	0.03 (0.3)	1.5%
Informal care (hours)	0 (0)	0%	0.7 (6.3)	3%
Equipment aids (% yes)	–	10.3%	–	6.0%
Indirect costs
Absenteeism paid work (days)	4.2 (12.1)	28.4%	8.6 (23.1)	38.8%
Absenteeism unpaid work (hours)	2.2 (10.9)	12.1%	3.3 (10.4)	17.2%

*Significant difference (P < 0.05)

SD Standard deviation, n number, MIS Minimal intervention strategy, UC Usual care