PMC full text: | Published online 2013 Sep 16. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-225
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Table 5
| MD clinic | DC clinic | Senior center | Senior housing | ||||||
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| M | M | D | D | C | C | C | H | H | H |
1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Providers should use respectful, honest communication between each other and with patients | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Provider must listen to the patient | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Patient must let doctors know they are seeing other providers for LBP | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Providers should explain condition, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis | | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Patients should use their own judgment about any advice for LBP | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Providers should spend more time with patient | | | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Providers should not blame LBP on the older adults’ health condition or age | | ✓ | ✓ | | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Providers should discuss pain openly with their patients | | | | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MD-DC should resolve disagreements and present unified LBP approach to patient | ✓ | | | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | |
If dissatisfied with care, patient should change doctors or get another opinion | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
DC = Doctor of Chiropractic.
LBP = Low back pain.
M# = Medical clinic focus group 1 or 2.
D# = Chiropractic clinic focus group 1 or 2.
C# = Senior center focus group 1, 2 or 3.
H# = Senior housing focus group 1, 2 or 3.