Health habits of participants versus those with knowledge of DOs and OMM
| Question | All participants (n=120) | Knowledge of DOs (n=18) | Without knowledge of DOs (n=102) | P value | Knowledge of OMM (n=19) | Without knowledge of OMM (n=101) | P value |
| Do you see a doctor regularly? | |||||||
| Yes | 81 (67.50%) | 11 (61.11%) | 70 (68.63%) | 0.8348 | 10 (52.63%) | 71 (70.30%) | 0.8432 |
| No | 39 (32.50%) | 7 (38.89%) | 32 (31.37%) | 9 (47.37%) | 30 (29.70%) | ||
| What kind of doctor do you see? | |||||||
| Family doctor | 94 (78.33%) | 17 (94.44%) | 77 (75.49%) | 0.8686 | 15 (78.95%) | 79 (78.22%) | 0.1823 |
| OM physician | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chiropractor | 3 (2.50%) | 0 | 3 (2.94%) | 0 | 2 (1.98%) | ||
| Acupuncturist | 9 (7.50%) | 0 | 9 (8.82%) | 0 | 9 (8.91%) | ||
| Traditional Chinese | 11 (9.17%) | 1 (5.56%) | 10 (9.80%) | 1 (5.26%) | 10 (9.90%) | ||
| Physician assistant | 1 (0.83%) | 0 | 1 (0.98%) | 0 | 1 (0.99%) | ||
| Other | 2 (1.67%) | 0 | 2 (1.96%) | 3 (15.79%) | 0 | ||
| With LBP, what doctor would you see? | |||||||
| Family doctor | 59 (49.17%) | 9 (50.00%) | 50 (49.02%) | 0.4709 | 8 (42.11%) | 51 (50.50%) | 0.8234 |
| OM physician | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chiropractor | 33 (27.50%) | 8 (44.44%) | 25 (24.51%) | 6 (31.58%) | 27 (26.73%) | ||
| Acupuncturist | 5 (4.17%) | 0 | 5 (4.90%) | 1 (5.26%) | 4 (3.96%) | ||
| Traditional Chinese | 10 (8.33%) | 0 | 10 (9.80%) | 1 (5.26%) | 9 (8.91%) | ||
| Physician assistant | 10 (8.33%) | 0 | 10 (9.80%) | 0 | 10 (9.90%) | ||
| Other | 3 (2.50%) | 1 (5.56%) | 2 (1.96%) | 3 (15.79%) | 0 | ||
DOs, doctor of osteopathics; LBP, low back pain; OM, osteopathic medicine; OMM, osteopathic manipulative medicine.