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

Table 4 Back pain status and rating of conventional health care providers by CAM user status (consulted with a CAM practitioner or not)

	Did not have back pain		Had back pain - rarely		Had back pain - sometimes		Had back pain - often
Level of Satisfaction (1 = excellent, … , 5 = poor)	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)
	mean	mean	mean	mean	mean	mean	mean	mean
Access to a medical specialist if needed	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.5	2.4
Access to a female GP	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.5	2.7	2.6	2.7	2.7
Hours when a GP is available ⁴	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.8	3.0
Number of GPs you have to choose from	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.8	2.9	2.9
Ease of seeing GP of your choice ⁴	2.7	2.9	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.8	3.0
How long you wait to get a GP appointment ⁴	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.2
The outcomes of your medical care (how much you are helped)	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.6

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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