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Table 5 Patient’s and clinical conditions associated with providing footwear (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 S5

From: National profile of foot orthotic provision in the United Kingdom, part 2: podiatrist, orthotist and physiotherapy practices

 

Professional registration

Odds ratio

Pod

Orth

Physio

Pod versus orth

Pod versus physio

Physio versus orth

Provide footwear and foot orthoses*

11.8%

96.8%

6.1%

0.004

0.5

0.002

Patients provided with footwear

Musculoskeletal*

7.6%

48.4%

2.0%

0.1

3.9

0.02

Diabetes*

7.0%

88.2%

0.0%

0.1

Arthritis*

5.9%

72.0%

0.0%

0.02

Osteoarthritis*

5.6%

63.4%

0.0%

0.03

Paediatric*

2.2%

39.8%

0.0%

0.03

Neuro adult*

3.4%

52.7%

2.0%

0.03

1.7

0.02

Neuro paediatric*

1.4%

48.4%

2.0%

0.01

0.7

0.02

Sports

3.4%

7.5%

2.0%

Other high risk *

5.9%

71.0%

0.0%

0.02

Fall prevention*

4.2%

29.0%

0.0%

0.1

Other#

1.1%

6.5%

2.0%

0.2

0.5

0.3

Conditions requiring footwear

Plantar fasciitis*

38.1%

22.6%

22.4%

2.1

2.1

1

Heel pain

16.0%

20.4%

14.3%

Achilles’ tendinopathy

9.8%

11.8%

20.4%

OA knee pain

8.1%

7.5%

8.2%

OA foot pain

15.7%

8.6%

8.2%

Morton’s neuroma

10.9%

9.7%

8.2%

Over-pronation

21.8%

16.1%

30.6%

Other conditions

8.4%

4.3%

10.2%

Access to footwear service*

57.1%

7.5%

40.8%

3.9

0.4

9.5

  1. Pod podiatrist, physio physiotherapist, orth orthotist, OA osteoarthritis