Table 3.
Treatments besides those involved in the project
| Educational approach | Physical training | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
End of treatment → 2 months |
Numbers of visits/ patients (responders) |
Mean |
Numbers of visits/ patients (responders) |
Mean | p = |
| GP | 95/29 (93) | 1.0 | 92/30 (91) | 1.0 | |
| Specialist | 15/4 (93) | .2 | 3/1 (91) | .0 | |
| Physiother. | 90/18 (93) | 1.0 | 46/11 (91) | .5 | |
| Chiropractor | 113*/14 (93) | 1.2 | 50/13 (91) | .6 | |
| Others | 55/12 (93) | .6 | 21/8 (91) | .2 | |
| Total | 368/41 (93) | 4.0 | 212/45 (91) | 2.3 | .87 |
| 2 → 6 months | |||||
| GP | 54/22 (88) | 1.6 | 86/30 (89) | 1.9 | |
| Specialist | 5/2 (88) | .3 | 7/3 (89) | .3 | |
| Physiother. | 99/13 (88) | 3.5 | 93/10 (89) | 3.4 | |
| Chiropractor | 61/11 (88) | 2.4 | 49/15 (89) | 1.6 | |
| Others | 74/13 (88) | 2.9 | 65/9 (89) | 2.4 | |
| Total | 276/41 (88) | 3.1 | 271/45 (89) | 3.1 | .65 |
| 6 → 12 months | |||||
| GP | 95/25 (86) | 1.1 | 140/29 (77) | 1.8 | |
| Specialist | 12/6 (86) | .1 | 17/10 (77) | .2 | |
| Physiother. | 103/18 (86) | 1.2 | 132/15 (77) | 1.7 | |
| Chiropractor | 139/15 (86) | 1.6 | 59/10 (77) | .8 | |
| Others | 90/15 (86) | 1.1 | 51/6 (77) | .7 | |
| Total | 439/45 (86) | 5.1 | 401/46 (77) | 5.2 | .83 |
The total number of visits are presented as related to those patients making these visits, as well as medians (and IQRs) and means across all those who answered. * One patient had 50 treatments.