Table 2 Clinical activity (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 S2
Professional registration | Odds ratio | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pod | Orth | Physio | Pod versus orth | Pod versus physio | Physio versus orth | ||
Referral request | Assess and decide if FO is necessary | 47.1% | 40.9% | 42.9% | – | – | – |
Request for provision of FO* | 10.4% | 32.3% | 0.0% | 0.2 | – | – | |
Assessment without reference to treatment* | 39.5% | 21.5% | 53.1% | 2.4 | 0.1 | 4.1 | |
Self-referrals | 1.4% | 1.1% | 0.0% | – | – | – | |
Other | 1.7% | 4.3% | 4.1% | – | – | – | |
% of work time providing FO/ week | < 10%* | 40.6% | 9.7% | 87.8% | 6.8 | 0.2 | 39.9 |
10–50%* | 39.5% | 43.0% | 12.2% | 1.5 | 2.4 | 0.6 | |
51–90%* | 16.8% | 46.2% | 0.0% | 0.02 | 15 | 0.02 | |
91–100% | 3.1% | 1.1% | 0.0% | – | – | – | |
Patients treated who have prior FO | 0–25%* | 57.7% | 37.6% | 73.5% | 2.2 | 0.5 | 2.1 |
26–50%* | 28.3% | 39.8% | 18.4% | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.6 | |
51–75% | 7.3% | 11.8% | 4.1% | – | – | – | |
76–100% | 1.7% | 0.0% | 4.1% | – | – | – | |
Don’t know | 5.3% | 9.7% | 0.0% | – | – | – | |
FO provided/ month | 1–10* | 38.1% | 4.3% | 81.6% | 10.3 | 0.2 | 68.6 |
11–50* | 47.1% | 49.5% | 16.3% | 1.9 | 4.04 | 0.2 | |
51–100* | 11.8% | 29.0% | 2.0% | 0.04 | 6.6 | 0.05 | |
> 100# | 3.1% | 17.2% | 0.0% | 0.2 | – | – | |