Table 3 Care-seeking over the first year for 1716 persons who had suffered an MTBI during a car collision
6wk (n=1420) 3mo (n=1367) 6mo (n=1134) 9mo (n=1116) 12mo (n=1078)
No care 22 (1.5) 23 (1.7) 37 (3.3) 50 (4.5) 59 (5.5)
All contacts∗
 MD 1364 (95.9) 1312 (95.7) 1188 (93.8) 1042 (93.0) 988 (91.4)
 PT 592 (41.7) 641 (46.8) 679 (53.8) 618 (55.4) 606 (56.2)
 DC 282 (19.9) 356 (26.2) 390 (30.9) 373 (33.4) 375 (34.7)
 MT 346 (24.4) 393 (28.7) 385 (30.5) 382 (34.2) 370 (34.4)
 Other 143 (10.1) 162 (11.8) 174 (13.8) 149 (13.3) 133 (12.3)
Care only from
 MD 425 (29.9) 341 (24.9) 275 (24.3) 209 (18.7) 194 (17.9)
 PT 4 (0.2) 6 (0.4) 3 (0.3) 6 (0.5) 10 (0.9)
 DC 16 (1.1) 16 (1.2) 8 (0.7) 8 (0.7) 12 (1.1)
 MT 1 (0.1) 1 (0.1) 5 (0.4) 1 (0.1) 2 (0.2)
 Other 0 4 (0.3) 2 (0.2) 1 (0.1) 0
Combinations of care
 MD + PT 310 (21.8) 326 (23.8) 256 (22.6) 238 (21.3) 201 (18.6)
 MD + DC 85 (5.9) 85 (6.2) 68 (5.9) 59 (5.3) 61 (5.7)
 MD + MT 111 (7.8) 94 (6.9) 52 (4.6) 64 (5.7) 51 (4.7)
 PT + DC 1 (0.1) 0 4 (0.4) 1 (0.1) 2 (0.2)
 PT + MT 0 0 3 (0.3) 0 1 (0.1)
 DC + MT 10 (0.7) 6 (0.4) 5 (0.4) 7 (0.6) 7 (0.6)
 MD + PT + DC 176 (12.4) 58 (4.2 77 (6.8) 75 (6.7) 78 (7.2)
 PT + DC + MT 2 (0.1) 1 (0.1) 1 (0.1) 2 (0.1) 0
 Missing 22 (1.5) 48 (3.5) 187 (16.4) 77 (6.9) 80 (7.4)
NOTE. Values are presented as n (%).
Abbreviations: DC, chiropractor; MD, physician; MT, massage therapist; PT, physiotherapist.
Denominator = everyone who completed at least 1 question at a follow-up.