The Nordic Maintenance Care Program: Maintenance care – what happens during the consultation? Observations and patient questionnaires

The Nordic Maintenance Care Program: Maintenance care – what happens during the consultation? Observations and patient questionnaires

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Because maintenance care (MC) is frequently used by chiropractors in the management of patients with back pain, it is necessary to define the rationale, frequency and indications for MC consultations, and the contents of such consultations. The objectives of the two studies described in this article are: i) to determine the typical spacing between visits for MC patients...

The Nordic maintenance care program: what is maintenance care? Interview based survey of Danish chiropractors

OBJECTIVE To describe and interpret Danish Chiropractors' perspectives regarding the purpose and rationale for using MC (maintenance care), its content, course and patient characteristics. METHODS Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 chiropractors identified using a stratified, theoretical sampling framework. Interviews covered four domains relating to MC, namely: purpose, patien...

The Nordic maintenance care program: the clinical use of identified indications for preventive care

BACKGROUND Low back pain (LBP) is a prevalent condition and has been found to be recurrent and persistent in a majority of cases. Chiropractors have a preventive strategy, maintenance care (MC), aimed towards minimizing recurrence and progression of such conditions. The indications for recommending MC have been identified in the Nordic countries from hypothetical cases. This study aims to inves...

The Nordic maintenance care program: what are the indications for maintenance care in patients with low back pain? A survey of the members of the Danish Chiropractors' Association

BACKGROUND Maintenance care (MC) is relatively commonly used among chiropractors. However, factual information is needed on its indications for use. OBJECTIVES This study had two objectives: 1) to describe which role patients' past history and treatment outcome play in chiropractors' decision to use MC in patients with low back pain, 2) to investigate if the chiropractors' clinical/educationa...

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