Age group, years, n (%) | < 10 | 0 (0.0%) |
11–20 | 1 (0.6%) | |
21–30 | 5 (3.2%) | |
31–40 | 12 (7.6%) | |
41–50 | 17 (10.8%) | |
51–60 | 29 (18.5%) | |
61–70 | 40 (25.5%) | |
71–80 | 42 (26.8%) | |
81–90 | 11 (7.0%) | |
90+ | 0 (0.0%) | |
Gender, n (%) | Male | 36 (22.9%) |
Female | 121 (77.1%) | |
Ethnicity, n (%) | New Zealand Māori | 5 (3.2%) |
Pacific peoples | 4 (2.5%) | |
New Zealand European | 116 (73.9%) | |
Asian | 22 (14.0%) | |
Middle Eastern/Latin American/African | 2 (1.3%) | |
Not reported | 8 (5.1%) | |
Rheumatic diseasea, n (%) | Gout | 8 (5.1%) |
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis | 4 (2.6%) | |
Other spondylarthritis | 8 (5.1%) | |
Psoriatic arthritis | 14 (8.9%) | |
Rheumatoid arthritis | 123 (78.3%) | |
Scleroderma | 2 (1.3%) | |
Systemic lupus erythematosus | 7 (4.5%) | |
Other | 6 (3.8%) | |
Disease duration, years, mean (SD), range | 19.6 (14.6), 0.5–79.0 | |
Referrer, n (%) | Rheumatologist | 89 (56.7%) |
Self-referred | 30 (19.1%) | |
General practitioner | 9 (5.7%) | |
Other (Physiotherapist, general podiatry clinic) | 9 (5.7%) | |
Unknown | 20 (12.7%) | |
Wait time (days) from referral to podiatry appointmentb, median (range) | 57.0 (1–2134) | |
Total podiatry appointments per patient, mean (SD), range | 10 (15.2), 1–71 | |
Total duration of podiatry service provision per patient, days, mean (SD), range | 731.3 (1109.8), 1–4319 | |
Average time between appointments per patientc, days, mean (SD), range | 122.9 (188.4), 9–1437 |