Table 1.

Chiropractors’ characteristics regarding the frequency of treating patients with low back-related leg pain

Characteristics	Never/rarely/ sometimes (n = 364)	Often (n = 1543)
			p
Gender n (%)			0.549
Male	221 (61.2%)	967 (62.9%)
Female	140 (38.8%)	570 (37.1%)
Qualification n (%)			0.691
Diploma	14 (3.9%)	42 (2.7%)
Bachelor	122 (33.8%)	542 (35.4%)
Doctor of Chiropractic	104 (28.8%)	456 (29.8%)
Masters	117 (32.4%)	480 (31.4%)
PhD	4 (1.1%)	11 (0.7%)
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Age (in years)	42.4 (12.1)	42.2 (12.1)	0.707
Years in private chiropractic practice	15.9 (11.5)	15.9 (11.3)	0.946
Patient care hours/week	24.6 (10.9)	28.2 (16.6)	< 0.001
Patient visits/week	73.4 (54.1)	90.8 (57.7)	< 0.001

SD standard deviation, P p-value