Table 1-.

Descriptive Statistics for Demographic Variables Included in the Study

Variable	%	N
Gender		78
Male	69%
Female	31%
Ethnicity		74
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%
African American/Black	1%
White	92%
Hispanic/Latino	3%
Native American	0%
Other	4%
How many years have you been in practice?		76
Fewer than 2 y	0%
2–4 y	0%
5–15 y	12%
16–25 y	21%
More than 25 y	67%
What is the highest level of nonchiropractic education you have obtained?		77
High school diploma	0%
Associate degree	8%
Bachelor's degree	52%
Master's degree	20%
Doctoral degree	17%
Other	4%
What are your gross practice earnings?		77
Less than $200,000	36%
$200,000–$300,000	23%
$300,000–$400,000	9%
$400,000–$500,000	12%
More than $500,000	20%
What is your postgraduate nutrition diplomate status through an ACA or ICA boards?		77
Nutrition diplomate status in progress	4%
Nutrition diplomate status complete	96%
Do you currently include nutritional evaluation counseling?		77
Yes	97%
No	3%
How many hours per week you practice chiropractic and/or nutritional evaluation, counseling, supplementation, testing, etc.?		75
9 or fewer	11%
10–19	21%
20–29	27%
30–39	27%
40–49	12%
50–59	3%
60 or more	0%
How many hours in your week are dedicated to nutritional evaluation, counseling, supplementation, testing, etc. in your practice (this refers to patient management and not teaching, research, etc.)?		73
9 or fewer	33%
10–19	44%
20–29	15%
More than 40	8%
How many years have you been in practice?		74
Fewer than 2 y	0%
2–4 y	0%
5–15 y	11%
16–25 y	19%
More than 25 y	70%
How many years have you included nutritional evaluation, counseling, supplementation, testing, etc. in your practice (this refers to patient management and not teaching, research, etc.)?		75
Fewer than 2 y	0%
2–4 y	1%
5–15 y	16%
16–25 y	31%
More than 25 y	52%
What is the total number of patients (not patient visits) you personally treat per week with chiropractic care and/or with nutritional evaluation, counseling, supplementation, testing, etc.?		72
Fewer than 50	56%
50–99	28%
100–149	13%
150–199	3%
200–249	1%
250–300	0%
More than 300	0%
What is the total number of patients (not patient visits) you personally treat using only nutritional evaluation, counseling, supplementation, testing, etc. each week?		72
0	3%
1–49	86%
50–99	7%
100–149	3%
150–199	0%
200–249	1%
250–300	0%
More than 300	0%
What is the size of the community in which your practice is located?		74
City	37%
Suburb of city	32%
Large town	12%
Small town	16%
Rural	3%
Do you have staff privileges at a hospital?		73
Yes	0%
No	100%
How much of your time is spent on nutrition?		74
None	0%
1%–25%	38%
26%–50%	23%
51%–75%	22%
76%–100%	18%
How much of your time is spent documenting care?		73
None	0%
1%–25%	63%
26%–50%	29%
51%–75%	3%
76%–100%	6%
How much of your time is spent in business management? (personnel, marketing, etc.)		74
None	8%
1%–25%	74%
26%–50%	16%
51%–75%	1%
76%–100%	0%
What percentage of your patients are male?		75
None	0%
1%–25%	0%
26%–50%	31%
51%–75%	67%
76%–100%	3%
What percentage of your patients are female?		74
None	0%
1%–25%	0%
26%–50%	30%
51%–75%	51%
76%–100%	19%
What percentage of your patients are age 5 or younger?		74
None	19%
1%–25%	81%
2%– 50%	0%
51%–75%	0%
76%–100%	0%
What percentage of your patients are ages 5–17?		75
None	4%
1%–25%	93%
26%–50%	3%
51%–75%	0%
76%–100%	0%
What percentage of your patients are ages 18–30?		75
None	3%
1%–25%	55%
26%–50%	41%
51%–75%	1%
76%–100%	0%
What percentage of your patients are ages 31–50?		74
None	0%
1%–25%	23%
26%–50%	58%
51%–75%	19%
76%–100%	0%
What percentage of your patients are ages 51–64?		75
None	0%
1%–25%	22%
26%–50%	51%
51%–75%	25%
76%–100%	1%
What percentage of your patients are ages 65 and older?		75
None	1%
1%–25%	72%
26%–50%	21%
51%–75%	3%
76%–100%	3%