Table 3. Proportion of occasions at which RCRP was managed with at least one of each of the following actions at encounters.
| New RCRP pain N = 1,103 (95% CIs) |
Old RCRP pain N = 1,076 (95% CIs) |
All RCRP pain N = 2,497 (95% CIs) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Medication | 54.4 (51.4–57.4) | 55.0 (51.9–58.1) | 54.7 (52.7–56.8) |
| NSAID | 23.5 (20.9–26.0) | 15.8 (13.6–18.0) | 19.1 (17.6–20.7) |
| Steroid–injection | 15.8 (13.6–18.0) | 22.7 (20.0–25.3) | 19.5 (17.8–21.2) |
| Opioid | 6.5 (5.1–8.0) | 9.9 (8.0–11.7) | 8.0 (6.9–9.1) |
| Panadol | 8.3 (6.7–10.0) | 7.0 (5.4–8.6) | 7.5 (6.4–8.6) |
| Steroid–oral | 0.4 (0.0–0.7) | 0.5 (0.1–0.9) | 0.4 (0.2–0.7) |
| Advice/education/counselling | 10.7 (8.8–12.6) | 10.7 (8.8–12.6) | 10.4 (9.1–11.7) |
| Exercise | 1.0 (0.4–1.6) | 0.7 (0.2–1.1) | 0.8 (0.5–1.2) |
| Medication | 0.2 (0.0–0.4) | 1.0 (0.4–1.6) | 0.6 (0.2–0.9) |
| Procedure | 15.7 (13.4–17.9) | 18.8 (16.2–21.4) | 17.4 (15.7–19.1) |
| Physical medicine /rehabilitation | 8.0 (6.3–9.6) | 5.4 (3.9–6.9) | 6.7 (5.6–7.8) |
| Referral | 17.8 (15.4–20.1) | 20.5 (18.0–23.0) | 19.2 (17.5–20.8) |
| Physiotherapist | 12.6 (10.5–14.7) | 11.4 (9.5–13.4) | 12.0 (10.7–13.4) |
| Surgeon | 3.1 (2.0–4.1) | 6.0 (4.6–7.5) | 4.6 (3.8–5.4) |
| Rheumatologist | 0.2 (0.0–0.4) | 0.7 (0.2–1.3) | 0.4 (0.1–0.7) |
| Imaging | 55.1 (52.1–58.1) | 30.9 (28.0–33.9) | 43.4 (41.3–45.4) |
| Ultra sound shoulder | 53.0 (50.0–56.1) | 28.8 (26.0–31.6) | 41.2 (39.2–43.3) |
| X-ray shoulder | 19.0 (16.6–21.4) | 3.7 (2.6–4.8) | 11.6 (10.3–12.9) |
| MRI shoulder | 0.5 (0.1–0.8) | 0.6 (0.1–1.0) | 0.5 (0.2–0.8) |
| CT scan shoulder | 0.2 (0.0–0.4) | 0.1 (0.0–0.3) | 0.1 (0.0–0.3) |
Notes: Missing data removed. For some problems, the GP did not indicate whether the problem was new or old.
NSAID: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs