Table 2 Healthcare procedures associated with consultation for musculoskeletal disorder symptoms in 2305 patients
| Â | Total population with MSD symptoms | Physiotherapy referral | No physiotherapy referral | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | N = 2305 (%) | N = 456 (%) | Confidence intervals 95% | N = 1849 (%) | Confidence intervals 95% |  |
Number of healthcare procedures associated with an MSD symptom per patient, n(%) |  < 0.001 | |||||
 1–3 | 846 (36.7) | 274 (60.1) | [ 55.6—64.6] | 572 (30.9) | [ 28.8—33.0] |  |
 4–6 | 976 (42.3) | 128 (28.1) | [ 23.9—32.2] | 848 (45.9) | [ 43.6—48.1] |  |
 > 6 | 483 (21.0) | 54 (11.8) | [ 8.9—14.8] | 429 (23.2) | [ 21.3—25.1] |  |
Healthcare procedures, n(%) | Â | |||||
 Medication | 1486 (64.5) | 262 (57.5) | [ 52.9—61.0] | 1224 (66.2) | [ 64.0—68.4] |  < 0.001 |
 Imaging | 394 (17.1) | 56 (12.3) | [ 9.3—15.3] | 338 (18.3) | [ 16.5—20.0] | 0.002 |
 Sick leave | 390 (16.9) | 73 (16.0) | [ 12.6—19.4] | 317 (17.1) | [ 15.4—18.9] | 0.562 |
 Advice and recommendations | 224 (9.7) | 56 (12.3) | [ 9.3—15.3] | 168 (9.1) | [ 7.8—10.4] | 0.039 |
 Laboratory investigation | 62 (2.7) | 3 (0.7) | [ 0.0—1.4] | 59 (3.2) | [ 2.4—3.0] | 0.001 |
 Infiltration | 51 (2.2) | 3 (0.7) | [ 0.0—1.4] | 48 (2.6) | [ 1.9—3.3] | 0.008 |