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Content analysis of general practitioner-requested lumbar spine X-ray reports

¹ Studland Centre, Poole Hospital NHS Trust, Poole, Dorset BH15 2JB, ² Institute of Health and Community Studies, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, Dorset BH1 3LT, UK

View larger version (25K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1. Frequency distribution of the age of 120 patients.

View larger version (21K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 2. Frequency of words in the"anatomical" category in 120 reports of GP-requested lumbar spine radiographs occurring either five times or more (shown in the graph) or less than five times (in the box).

View larger version (24K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 3. Frequency of words in the"pathological" category either "present" or "not present" in 120 GP-requested lumbar spine X-ray reports occurring either five times or more (shown in the graph) or less than five times (in the box).

View larger version (21K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 4. Frequency of words in the"descriptive" category in 120 reports of GP-requested lumbar spine radiographs occurring either five times or more (shown in the graph) or less than five times (in the box).