Table 3.
Associations between Intolerance of Uncertainty and various clinical outcome variables in a study of Australian chiropractic students
| Clinical outcome variables | Numbers of students with Normal IU N (%) |
Numbers of students with High IU N (%) |
|---|---|---|
| aNeck Pain Scenario: Number of inappropriate referrals (N = 206) | ||
| Acceptable | 113 (71) | 22 (48) |
| Unacceptable | 47 (29) | 24 (52) |
| χ2 (1, N = 206) = 8.2, p = .004 | ||
| aLow Back Pain Scenario: Number of inappropriate choices of maintenance care (N = 198) | ||
| Acceptable | 109 (71) | 29 (64) |
| Unacceptable | 44 (29) | 16 (36) |
| χ2 (1, N = 198) = .76, p = .38 | ||
| aLow Back Pain Scenario: Number of inappropriate referrals (N = 200) | ||
| Acceptable | 136 (88) | 37 (82) |
| Unacceptable | 19 (12 | 8 (18) |
| χ2 (1, N = 200) = .91, p = .34 | ||
| Preference for Technique System of Analysis (N = 432): | ||
| Yes | 247 (81) | 108 (86) |
| Don’t know/ No | 60 (20) | 17 (14) |
| χ2 (1, N = 432) = 2.14, p = .14 | ||
| Self-rating of predicted clinical competence (N = 432) | ||
| Below Average | 7 (2) | 4 (3) |
| Average | 76 (25) | 32 (25) |
| Above Average | 177 (58) | 63 (50) |
| Don’t know | 46 (15) | 27 (21) |
| χ2 (3, N= 432) = 3.4, p = .33 |
athese questions were only submitted to students in years 3, 4 and 5