Table 3 GP management of musculoskeletal problems in children: rate per 100 musculoskeletal problems managed (95% CI)
From: Musculoskeletal conditions in children and adolescents managed in Australian primary care
Management | Age group (years) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0-4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-17 | |||||
Boys (n = 253) | Girls (n = 266) | Boys (n = 333) | Girls (n = 324) | Boys (n = 833) | Girls (n = 705) | Boys (n = 612) | Girls (n = 467) | |
Medication | 12.65 (8.40-16.90) | 14.66 (9.84-19.48) | 24.92 (19.78-30.07) | 25.31 (19.82-30.80) | 25.57 (22.09-29.05) | 32.62 (28.40-36.85) | 32.52 (27.93-37.10) | 39.40 (34.03-44.77) |
Prescribed | 5.53 (2.50-8.56) | 5.26 (2.38-8.14) | 6.01 (3.19- 8.82) | 7.41 (4.18- 10.64) | 9.24 (6.87-11.61) | 9.50 (7.01-12.00) | 15.69 (12.49-18.89) | 17.77 (13.91-21.63) |
Advised OTC † | 6.72 (3.61-9.83) | 7.89 (4.19-11.60) | 18.02 (13.55-22.49) | 16.36 (11.65-21.06) | 14.89 (12.19-17.58) | 21.56 (18.04-25.08) | 14.54 (11.30-17.79) | 18.63 (14.67-22.59) |
GP supplied | 0.40 (0.00-1.17) | 1.50 (0.03-2.98) | 0.90 (0.00-1.92) | 1.54 (0.19-2.90) | 1.44 (0.57-2.31) | 1.56 (0.42-2.70) | 2.29 (0.94-3.64) | 3.00 (0.86-5.13) |
Other treatments | 41.11 (34.11-48.10) | 33.08 (26.57-39.60) | 46.25 (39.29-53.20) | 45.37 (38.09-52.65) | 47.30 (42.58-52.02) | 50.21 (43.92-56.50) | 45.10 (39.23-50.97) | 47.54 (41.15-53.93) |
Clinical‡ | 27.67 (21.74-33.60) | 20.30 (15.03-25.57) | 21.02 (16.23-25.81) | 23.46 (18.76-28.16) | 24.01 (20.70-27.32) | 24.26 (20.20-28.41) | 23.04 (18.62-27.46) | 25.48 (20.85-30.11) |
Procedural§ | 13.44 (8.68-18.20) | 12.78 (8.42-17.15) | 25.23 (19.77-30.68) | 21.91 (16.32-27.50) | 23.29 (19.96-26.62) | 25.96 (21.61-30.31) | 22.06 (18.21-25.91) | 22.06 (17.44-26.68) |
Referrals | 19.37 (14.08-24.65) | 23.68 (18.20-29.17) | 16.22 (12.03-20.40) | 12.35 (8.65-16.05) | 16.93 (14.25-19.60) | 16.45 (13.71-19.20) | 23.53 (19.79-27.27) | 23.13 (19.09-27.16) |
Hospital | 1.98 (0.25-3.70) | 1.13 (0.00-2.41) | 0.60 (0.00-1.43) | 1.13 (0.00-2.41) | 1.08 (0.37-1.79) | 0.57 (0.02-1.12) | 0.82 (0.10-1.53) | 0.21 (0.00-0.63) |
Specialist | 12.25 (7.95-16.55) | 15.41 (11.00-19.83) | 8.41 (5.27-11.55) | 5.56 (2.90-8.21) | 7.32 (5.48-9.17) | 6.52 (4.66-8.39) | 10.95 (8.41-13.48) | 10.06 (7.26-12.87) |
Allied health services | 4.35 (1.82-6.87) | 5.26 (2.36-8.16) | 5.71 (2.98-8.43) | 4.94 (2.57-7.31) | 7.44 (5.59-9.30) | 8.37 (6.32-10.41) | 11.11 (8.53-13.70) | 11.78 (8.76-14.80) |
Emergency department | 0.79 (0.00-1.89) | 0.75 (0.00-1.79) | 1.50 (0.19-2.81) | 1.85 (0.38-3.33) | 0.84 (0.22-1.46) | 0.57 (0.01-1.12) | 0.16 (0.00-0.48) | 0.43 (0.00-1.02) |
Imaging | 35.57 (28.85-42.30) | 36.47 (30.01-42.92) | 35.74 (29.57-41.90) | 41.05 (34.70-47.40) | 43.46 (39.45-47.46) | 37.30 (33.11-41.50) | 41.67 (37.18-46.16) | 34.05 (29.13-38.97) |
Pathology | 5.14 (0.00-10.89) | 6.02 (0.94 -11.09) | 13.21 (3.12-23.31) | 7.72 (2.18-13.26) | 4.32 (1.54-7.11) | 9.93 (4.58-15.28) | 12.91 (6.65-19.17) | 12.85 (6.30-19.40) |