Table 2.
Accuracy of website treatment recommendations.
Condition | Number of recommendations | Number of unclear recommendations, n (%) | Number of accurate recommendations, n (%) | Number of clear accurate recommendations to use a treatment, n (%) | Number of clear accurate recommendations to avoid a treatment, n (%) |
Acute LBP | 452 | 98 (21.7) | 228 (50.4) | 187 (61.7) | 41 (80.3) |
Persistent LBP | 402 | 105 (26.1) | 154 (38.3) | 116 (45.8) | 38 (86.3) |
Radicular LBP | 271 | 28 (10.3) | 105 (38.7) | 86 (38.7) | 17 (84.4) |
Total | 1125 | 231 (20.53) | 487 (43.28) | 389 (50.00) | 96 (82.7) |