Hawk C, Byrd L, Jansen R D, Long C R
Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research, Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa, Davenport 52803, USA.
Altern Ther Health Med. 1999 Jan;5(1):56-62.
Although chiropractic is the most commonly used complementary healthcare practice, chiropractors have not been surveyed in depth about their attitudes toward and practice of complementary and alternative therapies apart from spinal manipulation.
To examine attitudes among US chiropractors on the role of their profession in complementary healthcare and to gather data on the types of complementary healthcare practices chiropractors use.
Descriptive, cross-sectional study using a mail-in survey.
United States.
Random sample of US chiropractors stratified by zip code region.
A total of 563 surveys were completed, for a response rate of 30%. Respondents were almost equally divided on their responses to the question "Do you feel that chiropractic should at the present time be termed 'complementary'?" Although many respondents (68%) believed that chiropractic was viewed as a therapeutic modality, more (82%) believed that it should be viewed as a complete system. The therapies most commonly used by respondents in their practice were acupressure (72%), massage (72%), mineral supplements (63%), and herbs (56%).
The disparity between the established view of chiropractic as synonymous with spinal manipulation and the profession's view of chiropractic as a complete system indicates a need for better interprofessional communication.
尽管整脊疗法是最常用的补充性医疗保健方法，但除了脊柱推拿外，尚未对整脊治疗师对补充和替代疗法的态度及实践进行深入调查。
研究美国整脊治疗师对其职业在补充性医疗保健中的作用的态度，并收集整脊治疗师使用的补充性医疗保健方法类型的数据。
采用邮寄调查的描述性横断面研究。
美国。
按邮政编码区域分层的美国整脊治疗师随机样本。
共完成563份调查问卷，回复率为30%。对于“你认为目前整脊疗法应被称为‘补充性的’吗？”这一问题，受访者的回答几乎平分秋色。尽管许多受访者（68%）认为整脊疗法被视为一种治疗方式，但更多受访者（82%）认为它应被视为一个完整的体系。受访者在实践中最常用的疗法是指压（72%）、按摩（72%）、矿物质补充剂（63%）和草药（56%）。
将整脊疗法等同于脊柱推拿的既定观点与该行业将整脊疗法视为一个完整体系的观点之间存在差异，这表明需要更好的跨专业沟通。
