Table 4 Respondents’ opinions, by topic
From: Chiropractic identity, role and future: a survey of North American chiropractic students
Doctors of chiropractic should be considered | n | % |
Complementary/alternative health practitioners | 312 | 25.0 |
Mainstream health care practitioners | 862 | 69.1 |
Missing | 73 | 5.9 |
The most important practice paradigm for the chiropractic profession is | ||
Subluxation correction only focus | 192 | 15.4 |
Primary spine/musculoskeletal care physician | 585 | 46.9 |
General/Primary care physician | 318 | 25.5 |
Other | 81 | 6.5 |
Missing | 71 | 5.7 |
The most important setting for chiropractic health care is | ||
Integrated settings with other health care disciplines including allopathic medicine | 354 | 28.4 |
Integrated settings with alternative medicine practitioners only | 51 | 4.1 |
Alone or with other DC’s, without integration with any other health care disciplines | 102 | 8.2 |
Any/all of the above | 670 | 53.7 |
Missing | 70 | 5.6 |
Chiropractic researchers should focus future efforts primarily on | ||
Physiological mechanisms of chiropractic adjustments | 584 | 46.8 |
Outcomes/cost-effectiveness of chiropractic care | 349 | 28.0 |
Outcomes/cost-effectiveness of integrative care models | 240 | 19.2 |
Missing | 74 | 5.9 |