Demographic characteristic | Tertiary hospitals in metropolitan Shanghai (N = 231) | Community health centres in regional Shanghai (N = 201) | ||||||||
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 | Nurses | Medical Practitioners | Therapists | TCMP | Other | Nurses | Medical Practitioners | Therapists | TCMP | Other |
N (%)a | 111 (48.1) | 46 (19.9) | 44 (19.0) | 5 (2.2) | 25 (10.8) | 102 (51.3) | 71 (35.7) | 0 | 13 (6.5) | 13 (6.5) |
Gender: n (%) femaleb | 109 (98.2) | 25 (54.3) | 18 (40.9) | 3 (30.0) | 14 (56.0) | 98 (97.0) | 30 (42.3) | 0 | 6 (46.2) | 3 (23.1) |
Highest academic qualification%c Secondary technical | 16.2 | 2.2 | 11.4 | 0 | 4.0 | 36.4 | 14.3 | - | 30.8 | 33.3 |
Junior college/Senior high | 56.8 | 2.2 | 20.5 | 0 | 4.0 | 58.6 | 30.0 | - | 30.8 | 16.7 |
Bachelor degree | 23.4 | *43.5 | 56.8 | 60.0 | 60.0 | 5.1 | *50.0 | - | 30.8 | 50.0 |
Postgraduate degree | 3.6 | 52.2 | 11.4 | 40.0 | 32.0 | 0 | 5.7 | - | 7.7 | 0 |
Age: mean (SD)a | 32.9 (10.0) | 39.3 (10.0) | 35.0 (9.7) | 38.8 (8.6) | 29.9 (10.8) | 35.8 (9.9) | 40.6 (10.2) | - | 46.5 (10.6) | 43.7 (9.9) |
Years of practice: mean (SD)a | 11.5 (10.1) | 14.1 (10.2) | 12.7 (10.5) | 16 (8.7) | 7.8 (11.9) | 15.0 (10.1) | 18.3 (10.9) | - | 22.6 (10.5) | 22.1 (10.1) |
Lifetime experience of LBP n (%) | 65 (58.6) | 24 (52.2) | 24 (54.5) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (40.0) | 59 (57.8) | 37 (52.1) | - | 7 (53.8) | 8 (61.5) |
Experience of LBP in last 12Â month n (%) | 64 (57.7) | 22 (47.8) | 24 (54.5) | - | 10 (40.0) | 55 (53.9) | 35 (49.3) | - | 5 (38.5) | 7 (53.8) |
Usual pain last week (/10) Median (range) | 1.7 (0–8) | 1.2 (0–7) | 2.0 (0–8) | - | 1.6 (0–4) | 2.1 (0–10) | 1.9 (0–9) | - | 2.6 (1–8) | 0.8 (0–5) |