Index to Chiropractic Literature
Index to Chiropractic Literature
My ICL     Sign In
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Index to Chiropractic LiteratureIndex to Chiropractic LiteratureIndex to Chiropractic Literature
Share:


For best results switch to Advanced Search.
Article Detail
Return to Search Results
ID 25377
  Title Analysis of the chief complaints of older patients seeking chiropractic care at a teaching clinic and potential implications for clinical education
URL https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6192486/
Journal J Chiropr Educ. 2018 Oct;32(2):141-144
Author(s)
Subject(s)
Peer Review Yes
Publication Type Article
Abstract/Notes

Objective: To describe the chief complaints of people older than 65 years who seek chiropractic care at a chiropractic teaching clinic and assess the case mix available at the clinic.

Methods: One hundred patient files were included in this study. Patient files were included if the patient was older than 65 years when he or she initiated care at the teaching clinic. Data on age, sex, and chief complaints were recorded.

Results: Of the patients included in this study, 55% were female. The mean age of patients was 69.5 years, with an age range of 65–88 years. The most common chief complaint was low back pain, with 45% of patients reporting this as their chief complaint. The second most prevalent complaint was neck pain, followed by patients seeking care with no presenting complaints (14%) and patients with extremity complaints (8%). Groin pain, hip pain, balance problems, headaches, and visceral complaints were also reported.

Conclusion: The most common reasons that older patients presented for chiropractic care were for back and neck pain. The case mix was considered similar to practices in the country.

Author keywords: Chiropractic, Education, Low Back Pain, Neck Pain

Author affiliations:  DDC,MC,AC,TG,KP,MF:New Zealand College of Chiropractic

This abstract is reproduced with the permission of the publisher. Click on the above link for free full text. PubMed Record  Publisher link


 

   Text (Citation) Tagged (Export) Excel
 
Email To
Subject
 Message
Format
HTML Text     Excel



To use this feature you must register a personal account in My ICL. Registration is free! In My ICL you can save your ICL searches in My Searches, and you can save search results in My Collections. Be sure to use the Held Citations feature to collect citations from an entire search session. Read more search tips.

Sign Into Existing My ICL Account    |    Register A New My ICL Account
Search Tips
  • Enclose phrases in "quotation marks".  Examples: "low back pain", "evidence-based"
  • Retrieve all forms of a word with an asterisk*, also called a wildcard or truncation.  Example: chiropract* retrieves chiropractic, chiropractor, chiropractors
  • Register an account in My ICL to save search histories (My Searches) and collections of records (My Collections)
Advanced Search Tips