Use of complementary and alternative medicine by mid-age women with back pain: a national cross-sectional survey

Table 3 Back pain status and consultations with conventional health care providers by CAM user status (consulted with a CAM practitioner or not)

Consultations		Did not have back pain		Had back pain – rarely		Had back pain – sometimes		Had back pain – often
		CAM non-user	CAM user	CAM non-user	CAM user	CAM non-user	CAM user	CAM non-user	CAM user
		(n = 1,682)	(n = 758)	(n = 1,419)	(n = 842)	(n = 1,950)	(n = 1,774)	(n = 970)	(n = 1,070)
		%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
GP ¹	0	10	7	7	7	6	5	2	3
	1-2	42	35	40	40	35	33	20	19
	3-4	28	32	30	30	30	31	29	27
	5+	19	26	23	23	29	31	49	51
Specialist Doctor ¹	0	61	55	59	55	54	50	45	39
	1-2	28	31	29	33	31	34	32	35
	3+	11	14	12	12	15	16	23	26
Hospital Doctor	no	87	84	85	84	82	80	73	75
	yes	13	16	15	16	18	20	27	25
Physiotherapist ^{1 2 3 4}	no	89	80	86	80	82	73	72	62
	yes	11	20	14	20	18	27	28	38

¹ statistically significant association for women who did not have back pain (p <.005).
² statistically significant association for women who had back pain, rarely (p <.005).
³ statistically significant association for women who had back pain, sometimes (p <.005).
⁴ statistically significant association for women who had back pain, often (p <.005).

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