Characteristic | Treat patients with migraine | p-value | |
---|---|---|---|
Never/rarely/ sometimes (n = 879) | Often (n = 990) | ||
Care plan includes (discussed often) | |||
 Diet/nutrition | 379 (43.2) | 565 (57.4) | < 0.001 |
 Smoking/drugs/alcohol | 171 (19.5) | 295 (30.1) | < 0.001 |
 Physical activity/fitness | 724 (82.8) | 861 (87.5) | 0.005 |
 Occupational health and safety | 325 (37.4) | 439 (44.8) | 0.001 |
 Pain counselling | 175 (20.2) | 285 (29.3) | < 0.001 |
 Nutritional supplements | 261 (29.8) | 435 (44.1) | < 0.001 |
 Medications (including pain/inflammation) | 165 (19.1) | 264 (27.0) | < 0.001 |
Conditions (treated often) | |||
 Neck pain: Axial | 780 (88.8) | 967 (97.8) | < 0.001 |
 Neck pain: Referred/radicular | 374 (42.5) | 799 (80.7) | < 0.001 |
 Thoracic pain: Axial | 654 (74.8) | 922 (93.4) | < 0.001 |
 Thoracic pain: Referred/radicular | 227 (26.1) | 632 (64.4) | < 0.001 |
 Low back pain: Axial | 793 (90.5) | 968 (98.2) | < 0.001 |
 Low back pain: Referred/radicular | 600 (68.5) | 910 (92.2) | < 0.001 |
 Lower limb musculoskeletal disorders | 395 (45.0) | 729 (73.8) | < 0.001 |
 Upper limb musculoskeletal disorders | 416 (47.4) | 748 (76.1) | < 0.001 |
 Postural disorders | 442 (50.5) | 765 (77.7) | < 0.001 |
 Degenerative spine conditions | 642 (73.1) | 986 (99.7) | < 0.001 |
 Headaches (tension, cervicogenic) | 642 (73.0) | 986 (100.0) | < 0.001 |
Migraine disorders | |||
 Spine health maintenance/prevention | 529 (60.3) | 834 (84.8) | < 0.001 |
 Non-Musculoskeletal conditions | 106 (16.8) | 306 (41.2) | < 0.001 |
Patient groups (treated often) | |||
 Child: <4 years | 198 (22.7) | 362 (36.8) | < 0.001 |
 4–18 years | 363 (41.6) | 627 (63.6) | < 0.001 |
 Older: >65 years | 574 (65.8) | 794 (80.6) | < 0.001 |
 Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander | 8 (0.9) | 24 (2.5) | 0.012 |
 Pregnant women | 233 (26.8) | 448 (45.7) | < 0.001 |
 Athletes/sports people | 339 (39.1) | 572 (58.5) | < 0.001 |
 Work Injuries | 250 (38.9) | 418 (42.8) | < 0.001 |
 Traffic Injuries | 58 (6.7) | 196 (20.1) | < 0.001 |
 Post-Surgical Rehabilitation | 32 (3.7) | 88 (9.0) | < 0.001 |
 Non-English Speaking ethnic groups | 43 (5.1) | 72 (7.5) | 0.035 |
Techniques/methods (used often) | |||
 Drop-piece | 443 (51.0) | 549 (56.7) | 0.015 |
 Pelvic blocking/sacro-occipital | 343 (39.7) | 465 (48.1) | < 0.001 |
 Instrument Adjusting | 420 (48.4) | 545 (56.0) | 0.001 |
 Chiropractic Biophysics | 28 (3.3) | 49 (5.4) | 0.040 |
 HVLA manipulation/mobilisation | 694 (80.0) | 821 (84.1) | 0.023 |
 Applied kinesiology | 113 (13.1) | 182 (19.1) | 0.001 |
 Flexion-Distraction | 65 (7.6) | 81 (8.5) | 0.472 |
 Functional Neurology | 71 (8.4) | 168 (17.8) | < 0.001 |
 Extremity Manipulation | 443 (50.9) | 648 (66.5) | < 0.001 |
Musculoskeletal Interventions (used often) | |||
 Dry Needle or acupuncture | 98 (11.3) | 153 (15.7) | 0.006 |
 Soft tissue therapies | 573 65.9 | 650 (66.1) | 0.905 |
 Electro-modalities | 71 (8.6) | 103 (10.6) | 0.147 |
 Heat/cryotherapy | 118 (13.7) | 184 (18.9) | 0.002 |
 Orthotics | 55 (6.4) | 134 (13.8) | < 0.001 |
 Exercise therapy/rehabilitation | 411 (47.7) | 497 (51.1) | 0.140 |