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Table 2 Overview of numbers of headache related health care contacts of both treatment groups

From: Preliminary results, methodological considerations and recruitment difficulties of a randomised clinical trial comparing two treatment regimens for patients with headache and neck pain

 

Week 7

Week 12

Week 26

 

UC

(n = 18)

UCMT

(n = 14)

UC

(n = 18)

UCMT (n = 14)

UC

(n = 13)

UCMT (n = 14)

MT

1

10

2

7

1

/

GP

8

4

4

2

2

2

Neurologist

/

1

1

/

/

1

Pharmacist

6

4

5

2

6

/

Psychologist

1

2

/

2

/

/

Other

/

1

2

1

1

/

  1. The number of people who contacted a health care provider is displayed. The total number of participants is displayed at the top of each column.
  2. UC: Usual Care, UCMT: Usual Care plus Manual therapy. MT: Manual Therapy, GP: General Practitioner. The health care providers reported under the section 'other' are an osteopath, an orthomolecular doctor, a massage therapist (Shiatsu and Thai) and an internist.
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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