Table 4.
Back pain status and rating of conventional health care providers by CAM user status (consulted with a CAM practitioner or not)
| |
Did not have back pain |
Had back pain - rarely |
Had back pain - sometimes |
Had back pain - often |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level of Satisfaction (1 = excellent, … , 5 = poor) |
CAM non-user |
CAM user |
CAM non-user |
CAM user |
CAM non-user |
CAM user |
CAM non-user |
CAM user |
| |
(n = 1,682) |
(n = 758) |
(n = 1,419) |
(n = 842) |
(n = 1,950) |
(n = 1,774) |
(n = 970) |
(n = 1,070) |
| mean | mean | mean | mean | mean | mean | mean | mean | |
|
Access to a medical specialist if needed |
2.2 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
2.5 |
2.4 |
|
Access to a female GP |
2.5 |
2.5 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
2.7 |
2.6 |
2.7 |
2.7 |
|
Hours when a GP is available4 |
2.7 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
2.8 |
3.0 |
|
Number of GPs you have to choose from |
2.7 |
2.7 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
2.9 |
2.8 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
|
Ease of seeing GP of your choice4 |
2.7 |
2.9 |
2.8 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
2.8 |
3.0 |
|
How long you wait to get a GP appointment4 |
2.9 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.2 |
| The outcomes of your medical care (how much you are helped) | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
1 Statistically significant association for women who did not have back pain (p <.005).
2 Statistically significant association for women who had back pain, rarely (p <.005).
3 Statistically significant association for women who had back pain, sometimes (p <.005).
4 Statistically significant association for women who had back pain, often (p <.005).