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Table 1 General medical practitioner characteristics (N = 14)

From: General practitioner experiences using a low back pain management booklet aiming to decrease non-indicated imaging for low back pain

Female: N (%)

8 (57)

Years in clinical practice: mean (SD)

16.6 (10)

Continuing education in low back pain in last 2 years: N (%)

9 (64)

Special interest in low back pain

2 (14)

Agreement with ‘Imaging of the lumbar spine is useful in the workup of patients with acute low back pain’: N (%)

Completely disagree: 8 (57)

Disagree: 6 (43)

Agreement with ‘I am likely to order imaging for acute low back pain’: N (%)

Completely disagree: 13 (93)

Disagree: 1 (7)

Socioeconomic area of practice location: N (%)

Low: 2 (14)

Medium: 5(36)

High: 7 (50)