| PMC full text: | Published online 2015 Feb 2. doi: 10.1186/s12998-014-0048-1
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Table 5
Respondents’ agreement with statements about practice and identity, by topic and year in program*
| A (%) | N (%) | D (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identity and setting | |||
| Chiropractic providers should maintain portal of entry (direct access) status. | |||
| Year 1 | 84.7 | 14.0 | 1.3 |
| Year 2 | 90.1 | 8.3 | 1.6 |
| Year 3 | 90.1 | 7.3 | 2.6 |
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Inclusion of clinical chiropractic training internships and post-graduate residencies in integrative medical settings is important to the progression of the chiropractic profession. | |||
| Year 1 | 74.3 | 17.9 | 7.8 |
| Year 2 | 73.0 | 13.1 | 13.9 |
| Year 3 | 72.5 | 9.4 | 18.1 |
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Scope of practice | |||
| Emphasis of chiropractic intervention is to eliminate vertebral subluxations/vertebral subluxation complexes. | |||
| Year 1 | 67.6 | 17.8 | 14.6 |
| Year 2 | 67.2 | 17.1 | 15.7 |
| Year 3 | 61.8 | 14.2 | 23.9 |
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The chiropractic profession should expand its scope of practice to include prescribing of medication, with appropriate advanced training. | |||
| Year 1 | 33.1 | 13.4 | 53.5 |
| Year 2 | 22.7 | 15.7 | 61.6 |
| Year 3 | 26.9 | 12.9 | 60.2 |
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It is appropriate for the chiropractic profession to distinguish and promote two separate subgroups of broad scope (providing manual and other non-drug procedures) and limited scope (providing subluxation correction only). | |||
| Year 1 | 37.8 | 29.5 | 32.7 |
| Year 2 | 28.4 | 28.1 | 43.5 |
| Year 3 | 32.1 | 26.9 | 41.0 |
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Chiropractic intervention should consist of chiropractic adjustment only. | |||
| Year 1 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 77.7 |
| Year 2 | 10.9 | 6.4 | 82.7 |
| Year 3 | 18.7 | 10.5 | 70.7 |
NOTE—all the above differed significantly.
*Items are only included if the differences among year in program responses were significant at the p < .05 level (Chi square test).
A = agree; N = neutral; D = disagree.