Table 4. Utilization of healthcare resources during follow-up.
| Group 1 (n=34) (inpatient therapy) | Group 2 (n=35) (outpatient therapy) | Group 3 (n=36) (back school) | P | ||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Physical therapy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.9 | 6 | 16.7 | 0.011 |
| Hospitalization | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA |
| Outpatient clinics | 10 | 29.4 | 8 | 22.9 | 8 | 22.2 | 0.746 |
| Imaging tests (MRI/CT) | 3 | 8.8 | 4 | 11.4 | 5 | 13.9 | 0.801 |
| Paravertebral muscle injection | 7 | 20.6 | 10 | 28.6 | 7 | 19.4 | 0.611 |
| Medication | 31 | 91.7 | 32 | 91.4 | 24 | 66.7 | 0.006 |
| Medical equipment | 19 | 55.9 | 20 | 57.1 | 15 | 41.7 | 0.350 |
| Complementary medical interventions* | 12 | 35.3 | 12 | 34.3 | 17 | 47.2 | 0.462 |
| Balneotherapy | 6 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| Massage | 6 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Acupuncture | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Aromatherapy/herbal therapy | 3 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Neural therapy | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Ozone therapy | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| G therapy | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Absenteeism from work (days) | 10 | 38 | 48 | ||||
| MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging; CT: Computerized tomography;* Some patients received more than one complementary medical intervention. | |||||||