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What is Chiropractic?

Chiropractic is a complementary and alternative health care profession which focuses on diagnosing, treating, and preventing mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, their effects on the nervous system and general health.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain 158 37 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Fibromyalgia 101 34 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 82 25 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Pain in lower back 37 16 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Headaches 33 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Other 30 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 406 patients currently going to Chiropractic

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 4
Moderate
 7
Mild
 30
None
 83

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Chiropractic

Headaches 5
Pain 5
Muscle and joint pain 3
Pain in hips 3
Neck pain 3
Pain worsened 3
See all 23 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently going to Chiropractic. See all 95 dosages ►

  15 min monthly 20 min monthly 30 min monthly 60 min monthly 15 min weekly 20 min weekly 30 min weekly 45 min weekly 60 min weekly 90 min weekly
  21 Number of Patients: 21 15 Number of Patients: 15 25 Number of Patients: 25 14 Number of Patients: 14 24 Number of Patients: 24 12 Number of Patients: 12 40 Number of Patients: 40 16 Number of Patients: 16 23 Number of Patients: 23 17 Number of Patients: 17  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Going to Chiropractic (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Expense 67   Expense: 48%
Other 41   Other: 29%
Did not seem to work 36   Did not seem to work: 26%
Course of treatment ended 16   Course of treatment ended: 12%
Side effects too severe 13   Side effects too severe: 9%
Doctor's advice 9   Doctor's advice: 6%
Change in health plan coverage 9   Change in health plan coverage: 6%
Personal research 4   Personal research: 3%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 1%

See all 136 patients who’ve stopped going to Chiropractic

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Going to Chiropractic

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Going to Chiropractic

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Chiropractic

Always
 63 51%
Usually
 46 37%
Sometimes
 10 8%
Never
 5 4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Chiropractic

Very
 8 6%
Somewhat
 28 23%
A little
 40 32%
Not at all
 48 39%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Chiropractic

$200+
 16 17%
$100-199
 25 27%
$50-99
 15 16%
$25-49
 16 17%
< $25
 18 19%

Report created on May 25, 2012.