Attitudes towards chiropractic: a repeated cross-sectional survey of Canadian family physicians

Table 4

Variables associated with family physicians’ attitudes towards chiropractic (n = 379)

Variable	Unstandardized regression coefficient from univariable analysis (95% CI)	p-value	Unstandardized regression coefficient from multivariable analysis (95% CI)	p-value
Year of survey administration (2019 v. 2010)	0.16 (−0.17 to 0.48)	0.34	0.31 (0.001 to 0.62)	0.05
Age (for each 10-year increment from age 28)	−0.75 (−1.99 to 0.49)	0.24	−1.55 (−2.67 to − 0.44)	0.007
% of practice dedicated to musculoskeletal complaints	0.24 (−0.51 to 0.99)	0.53	0.16 (−0.51 to 0.83)	0.48
Belief that adverse events are common with chiropractic care	−1.42 (− 2.66 to − 0.19)	0.02	− 1.41 (− 2.59 to − 0.23)	0.02
Information source for chiropractic ^a
-Patient feedback	1.93 (− 1.24 to 5.10)	0.23	1.61 (− 1.29 to 4.51)	0.28
-Relationship with a specific chiropractor	7.74 (5.26 to 10.22)	< 0.001	5.24 (2.85 to 7.64)	< 0.001
-Research literature	−7.05 (−9.54 to −4.57)	< 0.001	−6.04 (−8.47 to −3.61)	< 0.001
-Personal treatment experience	8.65 (6.17 to 11.12)	< 0.001	4.63 (2.14 to 7.11)	< 0.001
-Family and friends	6.50 (3.85 to 9.14)	< 0.001	4.06 (1.53 to 6.60)	0.002
-Professors/supervisors/mentors	−5.12 (−8.41 to −1.83)	0.002	−2.23 (−5.37 to 0.92)	0.17
-Media	−4.17 (−7.57 to −0.77)	0.02	−1.39 (− 4.59 to 1.82)	0.40
-Medical school	−5.51 (−8.52 to −2.49)	< 0.001	− 5.03 (− 7.89 to − 2.18)	0.001

95% CI = 95% confidence interval

^a = each sub-category was entered individually into our generalized linear model as respondents could endorse multiple categories