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Table 2 Initial policy of the general practitioner at the first visit for knee complaints

From: Knee complaints seen in general practice: active sport participants versus non-sport participants

Treatment by GP

Athletes

Non-athletes

OR (95% CI)

p-value

'Passive strategy'

  

1.64 (1.20 – 2.23)

0.002

   Wait and see

24.5%

19.8%

  

   Rest

26.4%

21.1%

  

   Go easy on the knee

42.5%

30.9%

  

   Compresses

10.9%

9.3%

  

Active strategy

  

1.20 (0.83 – 1.73)

0.33

   Exercises

19.5%

13.9%

  

   Reduce body weight

3.1%

7.5%

  

Medication

  

0.84 (0.59 – 1.20)

0.33

   Medication

19.5%

28.1%

  

   Injection

-

1.0%

  

Referrals for diagnostics

13.5%

19.8%

0.98 (0.64 – 1.48)

0.91

Referrals to care givers

  

1.09 (0.79 – 1.49)

0.61

   Therapist

29.5%

23.5%

  

   Medical specialist

10.2%

12.4%

  
  1. Analyses adjusted for gender, age, BMI, trauma and baseline WOMAC-score.
  2. Significant differences are printed bold.