The treatment of migraine patients within chiropractic: analysis of a nationally representative survey of 1869 chiropractors

doi:10.1186/s12906-017-2026-3

Table 1

Distribution of practitioner characteristics across frequency of practitioner treating patients with migraine

Characteristic Treat patients with migraine
Never/rarely/
sometimes
(n = 879) Often
(n = 990) p-value
Age in years (mean ± sd) 41.3 ± 11.7 43.1 ± 12.3 0.001
Gender
male n (%) 531 (60.7) 624 (63.4) 0.237
female n (%) 344 (39.3) 361 (36.6)
Qualification n (%)
Diploma n (%) 20 (2.3) 21 (2.1) 0.718
Advanced diploma n (%) 6 (0.7) 8 (0.8)
Bachelor n (%) 304 (34.9) 344 (35.0)
Doctor of Chiropractic n (%) 245 (28.1) 296 (30.1)
Masters n (%) 288 (33.0) 308 (31.4)
PhD n (%) 9 (1.0) 5 (0.5)
Years in practice (mean ± sd) 14.9 ± 11.0 16.8 ± 11.6 < 0.001
Patient care hours/week (mean ± sd) 26.0 ± 11.2 28.0 ± 10.4 < 0.001
Patient visits/week (mean ± sd) 78.1 ± 53.8 95.5 ± 59.2 < 0.001

Characteristic	Treat patients with migraine
Characteristic	Never/rarely/ sometimes (n = 879)	Often (n = 990)	p-value
Age in years (mean ± sd)	41.3 ± 11.7	43.1 ± 12.3	0.001
Gender
male n (%)	531 (60.7)	624 (63.4)	0.237
female n (%)	344 (39.3)	361 (36.6)	0.237
Qualification n (%)
Diploma n (%)	20 (2.3)	21 (2.1)	0.718
Advanced diploma n (%)	6 (0.7)	8 (0.8)
Bachelor n (%)	304 (34.9)	344 (35.0)
Doctor of Chiropractic n (%)	245 (28.1)	296 (30.1)
Masters n (%)	288 (33.0)	308 (31.4)
PhD n (%)	9 (1.0)	5 (0.5)
Years in practice (mean ± sd)	14.9 ± 11.0	16.8 ± 11.6	< 0.001
Patient care hours/week (mean ± sd)	26.0 ± 11.2	28.0 ± 10.4	< 0.001
Patient visits/week (mean ± sd)	78.1 ± 53.8	95.5 ± 59.2	< 0.001