From: Vascular assessment techniques of podiatrists in Australia and New Zealand: a web-based survey
Types of testing | Observations alone | Observations and doppler | Observations doppler and pressure | Observations and pressure | |||||||||||||
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N | % | RRR | P value | 95 % CI | N | % | RRR | P value | 95 % CI | N | % | N | % | RRR | P value | 95 % CI | |
Education levela | |||||||||||||||||
Diploma | 19 | 26.76 | 0.93 | 0.789 | 0.55 to 1.569 | 32 | 45.07 | 0.78 | 0.251 | 0.51 to 1.189 | 17 | 23.94 | 3 | 4.23 | 1.40 | 0.44 | 06 to 3.282 |
Bachelor | 43 | 17.2 | 92 | 36.8 | 107 | 42.8 | 8 | 3.2 | |||||||||
Postgrad/RHD | 15 | 17.05 | 24 | 27.27 | 42 | 47.73 | 7 | 7.95 | |||||||||
Practice settingb | |||||||||||||||||
Private | 70 | 24.31 | 0.02 | <0.0001 | 0.003 to 0.153 | 115 | 39.93 | 0.38 | <0.0001 | 0.22 to 0.652 | 89 | 30.9 | 14 | 4.86 | 0.10 | 0.028 | 0.01 to 0.782 |
Public | 1 | 0.98 | 30 | 29.41 | 70 | 68.63 | 1 | 0.98 | |||||||||
Geographical location | |||||||||||||||||
Metro | 53 | 21.72 | 2.05 | 0.292 | 0.54 to 7.773 | 98 | 40.16 | 0.96 | 0.945 | 0.27 to 3.430 | 82 | 33.61 | 11 | 4.51 | 2.38 | 0.345 | 0.39 to 14.435 |
Regional | 20 | 15.27 | 0.71 | 0.609 | 0.2 to 2.592 | 34 | 25.95 | 0.36 | 0.11 | 0.11 to 1.258 | 71 | 54.2 | 6 | 4.58 | 1.35 | 0.731 | 0.24 to 7.640 |
Rural | 8 | 15.38 | 1.15 | 0.831 | 0.31 to 4.304 | 20 | 38.46 | 0.94 | 0.927 | 0.27 to 3.249 | 21 | 40.38 | 3 | 5.77 | 2.77 | 0.244 | 0.5 to 15.394 |
Experience | |||||||||||||||||
Years (mean, SD) | 14.4 | 8.3 | 1.04 | 0.018 | 1.01 to 1.073 | 14.5 | 11.4 | 1.04 | 0.004 | 1.01 to 1.066 | 10.1 | 9.0 | 15.5 | 10.1 | 1.06 | 0.039 | 1.00 to 1.117 |