Table 1 Demographics of participants n (%)
Total responses n = 948 | Australia n = 652, 69% of total responses | New Zealand n = 40, 4% of total responses | United Kingdom N = 256, 27% of total responses | |
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n (%) or Mean (SD) | n (%) or Mean (SD) | n (%) or Mean (SD) | n (%) or Mean (SD) | |
Gender | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
Male | 275 (29) | 198 (30) | 6 (15) | 71 (28) |
Female | 670 (71) | 451 (69) | 34 (85) | 185 (72) |
Prefer not to answer | 1 (0) | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Intersex | 2 (0) | 2 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Age group | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
Under 25 | 65 (7) | 48 (7) | 6 (15) | 11 (4) |
25 - 29 | 188 (20) | 156 (24) | 6 (15) | 26 (10) |
30 – 34 | 145 (15) | 111 (72) | 7 (18) | 27 (11) |
35 – 39 | 119 (13) | 78 (12) | 3 (8) | 38 (15) |
40 – 44 | 126 (13) | 72 (11) | 6 (15) | 48 (19) |
45 – 49 | 115 (12) | 72 (11) | 2 (5) | 41 (16) |
50 – 54 | 107 (11) | 65 (10) | 7 (18) | 35 (14) |
55 – 59 | 61 (6) | 37 (6) | 2 (5) | 22 (9) |
60 – 64 | 17 (2) | 11 (2) | 1 (3) | 5 (2) |
65 – 79 | 4 (0) | 2 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (1) |
80+ | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Workload | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
Full time | 554 (59) | 381 (58) | 22 (55) | 151 (59) |
3-4 days | 276 (42) | 178 (27) | 13 (33) | 85 (33) |
2 days or less | 105 (16) | 83 (12) | 5 (13) | 17 (7) |
Do not currently practice as a podiatrist | 12 (1) | 10 (2) | 0 (0) | 2 (1) |
Working environment | Mean % of time | Mean % of time (SD) | Mean % of time (SD) | Mean % of time (SD) |
Public sector (hospital) | (SD) | 45 (40) | 8 (24) | 21 (28) |
Public sector (community) | 34 (38) | 54 (36) | 26 (29) | 72 (33) |
Private Practice | 60 (37) | 82 (29) | 80 (24) | 68 (38) |
Non-clinical | 78 (31) | 33 (30) | 14 (16) | 22 (21) |
Do not currently practice as a podiatrist | 29 (28) 16 (37) | 20 (41) | 0 (0) | 13 (34) |
Years of practice | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
0–5 | 242 (26) | 178 (27) | 10 (25) | 54 (21) |
6–10 | 202 (21) | 149 (23) | 11 (28) | 42 (16) |
11–15 | 148 (16) | 93 (14) | 6 (15) | 49 (10) |
15+ | 355 (37) | 232 (36) | 13 (33) | 110 (43) |
Primary work role | Total responses= | Total responses = 824 | Total responses =52 | Total responses: 324 |
Patient/Client podiatry service provision | 1198 | 595 (72) | 38 (73) | 239 (74) |
Supervision or mentor of other podiatrists | 874 (73) | 87 (11) | 6 (12) | 35 (11) |
Manager/Team leader of other podiatrists | 125 (10) | 84 (10) | 4 (8) | 30 (9) |
Administration only within podiatry (includes research/education) | 120 (10) 66 (6) | 43 (5) | 4 (8) | 15 (5) |
Do not currently practice as a podiatrist | 5 (1) | 0 | 2 (1) | |
Other | 8 (1) 5 (0) | 10 (1) | 0 | 3 (1) |