The chiropractic profession: a scoping review of utilization rates, reasons for seeking care, patient profiles, and care provided

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Beliveau, Peter J. H., Wong, Jessica J., Sutton, Deborah A., Simon, Nir Ben, Bussières, André E., Mior, Silvano A. et French, Simon D. (2017). The chiropractic profession: a scoping review of utilization rates, reasons for seeking care, patient profiles, and care provided. Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, 25 (1). ISSN 2045-709X DOI 10.1186/s12998-017-0165-8

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Background Previous research has investigated utilization rates, who sees chiropractors, for what reasons, and the type of care that chiropractors provide. However, these studies have not been comprehensively synthesized. We aimed to give a global overview by summarizing the current literature on the utilization of chiropractic services, reasons for seeking care, patient profiles, and assessment and treatment provided. Methods Systematic searches were conducted in MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Index to Chiropractic Literature using keywords and subject headings (MeSH or ChiroSH terms) from database inception to January 2016. Eligible studies: 1) were published in English or French
2) were case series, descriptive, cross-sectional, or cohort studies
3) described patients receiving chiropractic services
and 4) reported on the following theme(s): utilization rates of chiropractic services
reasons for attending chiropractic care
profiles of chiropractic patients
or, types of chiropractic services provided. Paired reviewers independently screened all citations and data were extracted from eligible studies. We provided descriptive numerical analysis, e.g. identifying the median rate and interquartile range (e.g., chiropractic utilization rate) stratified by study population or condition. Results The literature search retrieved 14,149 articles
328 studies (reported in 337 articles) were relevant and reported on chiropractic utilization (245 studies), reason for attending chiropractic care (85 studies), patient demographics (130 studies), and assessment and treatment provided (34 studies). Globally, the median 12-month utilization of chiropractic services was 9.1% (interquartile range (IQR): 6.7%-13.1%) and remained stable between 1980 and 2015. Most patients consulting chiropractors were female (57.0%, IQR: 53.2%-60.0%) with a median age of 43.4 years (IQR: 39.6-48.0), and were employed (median: 77.3%, IQR: 70.3%-85.0%). The most common reported reasons for people attending chiropractic care were (median) low back pain (49.7%, IQR: 43.0%-60.2%), neck pain (22.5%, IQR: 16.3%-24.5%), and extremity problems (10.0%, IQR: 4.3%-22.0%). The most common treatment provided by chiropractors included (median) spinal manipulation (79.3%, IQR: 55.4%-91.3%), soft-tissue therapy (35.1%, IQR: 16.5%-52.0%), and formal patient education (31.3%, IQR: 22.6%-65.0%). Conclusions This comprehensive overview on the world-wide state of the chiropractic profession documented trends in the literature over the last four decades. The findings support the diverse nature of chiropractic practice, although common trends emerged. Keywords: Chiropractic, utilization, patient demographics, assessment, treatment, statistics, scoping review

Type de document: Article
Mots-clés libres: Back Pain -- Research Back Pain -- Care And Treatment Back Pain -- Analysis Numerical Analysis -- Analysis Chiropractors -- Analysis Medical Research -- Analysis Patient Education -- Analysis
Date de dépôt: 12 avr. 2019 19:14
Dernière modification: 12 avr. 2019 19:14
Version du document déposé: Version officielle de l'éditeur
URI: https://depot-e.uqtr.ca/id/eprint/8652

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