Custom-made foot orthoses: an analysis of prescription characteristics from an Australian commercial orthotic laboratory

Table 2 Patient and practitioner characteristics of the three clusters

	Cluster 1 (n = 224)	Cluster 2 (n = 540)	Cluster 3 (n = 236)	p
Patient
Sex^a
Male	96 (42.9)	195 (36.7)	110 (48.2)	0.009
Female	128 (57.1)	337 (63.3)	118 (51.8)
Age – mean (SD) years^a	44.4 (22.1)	44.0 (19.9)	33.3 (21.6)	<0.001
Practitioner
Location
Victoria^a	130 (58.0)	416 (77.0)	180 (76.3)	<0.001
New South Wales^a	31 (13.8)	45 (8.3)	30 (12.7)	0.041
ACT^a	34 (15.2)	8 (1.5)	7 (3.0)	<0.001
Queensland	8 (3.6)	12 (2.2)	8 (3.4)	0.491
Western Australia^a	3 (1.3)	30 (5.6)	3 (1.3)	<0.001
Tasmania	8 (3.6)	17 (3.2)	2 (0.9)	0.132
South Australia	1 (0.4)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0.182
Hong Kong^a	8 (3.6)	2 (0.4)	0 (0.0)	<0.001

^asignificant difference between clusters according to chi-square analysis. ACT = Australian Capital Territory
Values are n (%) unless otherwise stated

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