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Table 3 Cross tabulations of MC Attitudes, MC Skills, MC Use, MC Barriers, and MC Facilitators and the EBP Attitudes, EBP Skills and EBP Use

From: Evidence-based maintenance care among chiropractors in Norway: a cross-sectional survey in the Nordic maintenance care program

 

EBP Attitudes

 

Disagree

(sub-score < 32)

Agree

(sub-score >  = 32)

 

N = 104

N = 208

MC attitudes, n (%)

Use of instruments (such as West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory or STarT back) are useful tools in my profession for appropriately prescription on maintenance care

Strongly disagree

5 (5)

16 (8)

Disagree

35 (34)

26 (13)

Neutral

47 (45)

103 (50)

Agree

16 (15)

49 (24)

Strongly agree

1 (1)

14 (7)

MC skills, n (%)

I have sufficient skills to identify the patients which responds well and poorly to maintenance care

Low skills

5 (5)

10 (5)

Low-medium skills

7 (7)

18 (9)

Medium skills

32 (31)

65 (31)

Medium–high skills

47 (45)

89 (43)

High skills

13 (13)

26 (13)

MC use, n (%)

I have used published information to find the appropriate patient group for which maintenance care is recommended

0 times

58 (56)

114 (55)

1–5 times

33 (32)

54 (26)

6–10 times

5 (5)

18 (9)

11–15 times

4 (4)

8 (4)

16 + times

4 (4)

14 (7)

MC barriers, n (%)

Access to useful resources (e.g., questionnaires, relevant articles) to implement subgrouping of patients before one can evaluate if maintenance care is appropriate is:

Not a barrier

18 (17)

43 (21)

A minor barrier

44 (42)

84 (40)

A moderate barrier

32 (31)

65 (31)

A major barrier

10 (10)

16 (8)

MC facilitators, n (%)

Having the knowledge of which patient groups responds positively or negatively to maintenance care is:

Not useful

5 (5)

8 (4)

Slightly useful

13 (13)

20 (10)

Moderately useful

44 (42)

48 (23)

Very useful

42 (40)

132 (63)

 

EBP Skills

 

Poor-average

(sub-score <  = 39)

Average-good

(sub-score > 39)

 

N = 143

N = 169

MC attitudes, n (%)

Use of instruments (such as West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory or STarT back) are useful tools in my profession for appropriately prescription on maintenance care

Strongly disagree

8 (6)

13 (8)

Disagree

38 (27)

23 (14)

Neutral

66 (46)

84 (50)

Agree

26 (18)

39 (23)

Strongly agree

5 (4)

10 (6)

MC skills, n (%)

I have sufficient skills to identify the patients which responds best and worst to maintenance care

Low skills

7 (5)

8 (5)

Low-medium skills

14 (10)

11 (7)

Medium skills

39 (27)

58 (34)

Medium–high skills

75 (52)

61 (36)

High skills

8 (6)

31 (18)

MC use, n (%)

I have used published information to find the appropriate patient group for which maintenance care is recommended

0 times

83 (58)

89 (53)

1–5 times

47 (33)

40 (24)

6–10 times

5 (2)

18 (11)

11–15 times

6 (4)

10 (6)

16 + times

 

12 (7)

MC barriers, n (%)

Access to useful resources (e.g., questionnaires, relevant articles) to implement subgrouping of patients before one can evaluate if maintenance care is appropriate is:

Not a barrier

24 (17)

37 (22)

A minor barrier

50 (35)

78 (46)

A moderate barrier

54 (38)

43 (25)

A major barrier

15 (10)

11 (7)

MC facilitators, n (%)

Having the knowledge of which patient groups responds positively or negatively to maintenance care is:

Not useful

4 (3)

9 (5)

Slightly useful

11 (8)

22 (13)

Moderately useful

46 (32)

46 (27)

Very useful

82 (57)

92 (54)

 

EBP Use

 

Never-rarely use

(sub-score <  = 8)

Sometimes use

(sub-score > 8)

 

N = 172

N = 140

MC attitudes, n (%)

Use of instruments (such as West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory or STarT back) are useful tools in my profession for appropriately prescription on maintenance care

Strongly disagree

9 (5)

12 (9)

Disagree

39 (23)

22 (16)

Neutral

78 (45)

72 (51)

Agree

39 (23)

26 (19)

Strongly agree

7 (4)

8 (6)

MC skills, n (%)

I have sufficient skills to identify the patients which responds best and worst to maintenance care

Low skills

5 (3)

10 (7)

Low-medium skills

15 (9)

10 (7)

Medium skills

52 (30)

45 (32)

Medium–high skills

84 (49)

52 (37)

High skills

16 (9)

23 (16)

MC use, n (%)

I have used published information to find the appropriate patient group for which maintenance care is recommended

0 times

106 (62)

66 (47)

1–5 times

57 (33)

30 (21)

6–10 times

6 (3)

17 (12)

11–15 times

1 (1)

11 (8)

16 + times

2 (1)

16 (11)

MC barriers, n (%)

Access to useful resources (e.g., questionnaires, relevant articles) to implement subgrouping of patients before one can evaluate if maintenance care is appropriate is:

Not a barrier

30 (17)

31 (22)

A minor barrier

75 (44)

53 (38)

A moderate barrier

53 (31)

44 (31)

A major barrier

14 (8)

12 (9)

MC facilitators, n (%)

Having the knowledge of which patient groups responds positively or negatively to maintenance care is:

Not useful

8 (5)

5 (4)

Slightly useful

15 (9)

18 (13)

Moderately useful

51 (30)

41 (29)

Very useful

98 (57)

76 (54)