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Table 2 Distribution of practice characteristics across frequency of practitioner treating patients with migraine

From: The treatment of migraine patients within chiropractic: analysis of a nationally representative survey of 1869 chiropractors

Characteristic

Treat patients with migraine

p-value

Never/rarely/

sometimes

(n = 879)

Often

(n = 990)

Location

 Urban n (%)

685 (79.6)

727 (74.9)

0.017

 One location only

214 (24.5)

257 (26.0)

0.441

Other health professionals in practice location

 General practitioner

68 (7.7)

54 (5.5)

0.046

 Podiatrist

93 (10.6)

86 (8.7)

0.165

 Medical specialist

26 (3.0)

25 (2.5)

0.567

 Physiotherapist

85 (9.7)

91 (9.2)

0.724

 Chiropractor

504 (57.3)

595 (60.1)

0.226

 Exercise physiologist

56 (6.4)

69 (7.0)

0.605

 Psychologist

126 (14.3)

111 (11.2)

0.043

 Occupational therapist

17 (1.9)

31 (3.1)

0.102

Referral relationships

 General practitioner

483 (54.9)

581 (58.7)

0.103

 Psychologist

119 (13.5)

147 (14.8)

0.418

 Physiotherapist

259 (29.5)

329 (33.2)

0.080

 Occupational therapist

59 (6.7)

97 (9.8)

0.016

 Podiatrist

323 (36.7)

418 (42.2)

0.016

 Medical specialist

129 (14.7)

168 (17.0)

0.176

 Exercise physiologist

120 (13.7)

171 (17.3)

0.031

Using imaging at least often

332 (38.1)

549 (55.7)

< 0.001

Having imaging on site

 X-ray

138 (15.7)

144 (14.5)

0.487

 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

36 (4.1)

26 (2.6)

0.077

 Surface electromyography (SEMG)

30 (3.4)

50 (5.1)

0.081

 Diagnostic ultrasound

35 (4.0)

19 (1.9)

0.008

 Thermography

33 (3.8)

55 (5.6)

0.067