Table 1 Practice context (percentage of responders in each profession and results of logistic regression (odds ratio)). Statistically significant difference with p < 0.05, * with Chi squared and # with Fischer’s test. p values for each significant comparison are included in the Additional file 1: Table S1
Professional registration | Odds ratio | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pod | Orth | Physio | Pod versus orth | Pod versus physio | Physio versus orth | ||
Main working context | NHS | 55.2% | 45.2% | 51.0% | – | – | – |
Self-employed* | 28.9% | 5.4% | 18.4% | 6.8 | 2.3 | 2.9 | |
PC* | 2.8% | 4.3% | 14.3% | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | |
PC providing NHS service# | 1.1% | 36.6% | 2.0% | 0.04 | 0.5 | 0.1 | |
University | 2.0% | 1.1% | 0.0% | – | – | – | |
Other# | 1.1% | 0.0% | 6.1% | – | 0.1 | – | |
50–50 NHS-PP | 1.4% | 1.1% | 2.0% | – | – | – | |
60–40 NHS-PP | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.0% | – | – | – | |
70–30 NHS-PP | 4.8% | 5.4% | 4.1% | – | – | – | |
60–40 PP-NHS | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | – | – | – | |
70–30 PP-NHS | 1.1% | 0.0% | 2.0% | – | – | – | |
Department | Podiatry* | 82.4% | 10.8% | 2.0% | 38.7 | 224 | 0.2 |
Physiotherapy* | 1.4% | 9.7% | 75.5% | 0.1 | 0.005 | 28.8 | |
Orthotics* | 7.6% | 95.7% | 6.1% | 0.004 | 1.2 | 0.003 | |
Musculoskeletal* | 32.2% | 21.5% | 40.8% | 1.7 | 0.7 | 2.5 | |
Surgical appliances* | 6.2% | 18.3% | 4.1% | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.2 | |
Occupational therapy | 0.3% | 0.0% | 2.0% | – | – | – | |
Rheumatology | 5.6% | 5.4% | 2.0% | – | – | – | |
CATS | 4.2% | 1.1% | 0.0% | – | – | – | |
Diabetes | 2.2% | 2.2% | 4.1% | – | – | – | |
Other | 2.2% | 2.2% | 4.1% | – | – | – | |
Training undertaken since qualification | Biomechanics* | 82.4% | 79.6% | 63.3% | 1.2 | 2.7 | 0.4 |
Gait analysis | 57.7% | 69.9% | 59.2% | – | – | – | |
Orthopaedics* | 26.6% | 38.7% | 44.9% | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.3 | |
Footwear* | 25.2% | 54.8% | 14.3% | 0.3 | 2 | 0.1 | |
Podopaediatrics* | 39.2% | 14.0% | 8.2% | 3.9 | 7.3 | 0.5 | |
Sports* | 45.7% | 22.6% | 55.1% | 2.9 | 0.7 | 4.2 | |
Strength & core training* | 18.5% | 5.4% | 38.8% | 3.9 | 0.4 | 11.1 | |
Neurology* | 16.2% | 36.6% | 26.5% | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | |
Orthoses prescription* | 56.0% | 76.3% | 32.7% | 0.4 | 2.6 | 0.2 | |
Manipulation* | 28.0% | 9.7% | 44.9% | 3.6 | 0.5 | 7.6 | |
Steroid injections* | 36.4% | 0.0% | 6.1% | – | 8.8 | – | |
High-risk population | 3.4% | 2.2% | 0.0% | – | – | – | |
Alternative therapies | 3.6% | 2.2% | 4.1% | – | – | – | |
Diagnosis techniques | 1.4% | 1.1% | 0.0% | – | – | – | |
Surgery | 3.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | – | – | – | |
No training | 7.3% | 6.5% | 12.2% | – | – | – | |
Other training | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.0% | – | – | – | |