Table 2.
Characteristics of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) in three types of primary care practice (N = 1,692)
| Type of primary care practice | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Conventional Medicine | Mixed | Homeopathic | |
| (N = 366) | (N = 778) | (N = 548) | |
| MSD site (%) | |||
| Spinal | 37.7 | 41.2 | 35.9 |
| Non-spinal | 62.3 | 58.8 | 64.1 |
| Chronicity (%) | |||
| >12 weeks | 48.6 | 50.3 | 62.1 |
| Physician role1 (%) | |||
| Treating | 84.0 | 81.8 | 54.1 |
| Consulting | 16.0 | 18.2 | 45.9 |
| Adjusted Odds ratios2 | |||
| Risk of chronicity (vs. conventional medicine) | 1 (--) |
0.98 (0.77 - 1.26) |
1.43 (1.07 - 1.89) |
| Risk of chronicity when Consulting (vs. Treating) | 1.12 (0.63 - 1.99) |
1.48 (1.06 - 2.12) |
1.75 (1.22 - 2.50) |
1. Role of the physician as declared by the patient; in France every citizen has to choose a physician as their regular treating physician (treating), physicians who are not the regular treating physician are called here consulting physicians.
2. Logistic regression models controlling for all variables in Table 1 and 2.