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- Title
- Public perception of chiropractic : a survey
- Related
- Chiropractic journal of Australia, Vol. 37, Issue 4, p.135-140
- Publisher
- Chiropractors Association of Australia
- Date
- 2007
- Author/Creator
- Wilson, Kylie
- Author/Creator
- Swincer, Kate
- Author/Creator
- Vemulpad, Subramanyam
- Description
- Background: There is limited data on the public's perception of chiropractic. Objective: To identify the public's perception about what chiropractic is and their views about chiropractors' role in health care. Design: A survey was conducted to gather the public's perception using a 29-item questionnaire. The questions related to any history of chiropractic use, their opinion on chiropractic, risks or concerns regarding care, chiropractic education, etc. Results: Of the 182 respondents, the majority (76%) believed that chiropractors work with bones, muscles and joints, with only 10% believing that chiropractors work on the nervous system. Only 18% believed that prevention was a focus of chiropractic care. Of the 155 responses regarding satisfaction with chiropractic care, 81% were happy with their treatment, 6% were unhappy and 12% were unsure. For the 6% that were unhappy, concerns related to costs and the number of visits required. Most respondents believed that chiropractors treat people adolescent age and above. Thirty four per cent (34%) and 56% believed that chiropractors are as well trained as GPs and physiotherapists, respectively. Sixty four per cent (64%) of participants perceived that chiropractic is not dangerous, 57% were interested to know more, and 19% responded that they needed convincing to see a chiropractor. Conclusion: Participants in general were interested in chiropractic and held no real concerns regarding risks or cost involved, however there appears to be a lack of information available to the public for them to be better informed about chiropractic. This information could help the profession's efforts in making chiropractic a better understood and more accepted modality through effective education and communication.
- Description
- 6 page(s)
- Subject Keyword
- MeSH
- Subject Keyword
- chiropractic
- Subject Keyword
- patient care
- Subject Keyword
- patient education
- Subject Keyword
- attitude to health
- Subject Keyword
- health promotion
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Dept. of Health and Chiropractic
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/21798
- Identifier
- ISSN:1036-0913
- Identifier
- mq-rm-2007004673
- Language
- eng
- Reviewed
