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Table 3 Health care professional who referred to/prescribed physiotherapy services

From: The organisation of physiotherapy for people with multiple sclerosis across Europe: a multicentre questionnaire survey

Type of professional

Europe [%]

(n = 72)

East [%]

(n = 9)

North [%]

(n = 23)

South [%]

(n = 28)

West [%]

(n = 12)

Fisher test

p-value*

MD Neurologist

59.7

66.7

73.9

39.3

75.0

0.0482

MD Rehabilitation Specialist

63.9

77.8

47.8

64.3

83.3

0.1753

MD General Practitioner

20.8

22.2

39.1

3.6

25.0

0.0088**

Physiotherapist

19.4

11.1

43.5

3.6

16.7

0.0028**

Other

13.9

0.0

30.4

7.1

8.3

0.0710

  1. The percentages do not sum up to 100 % as some respondents checked more than one option. “Other” option was often specified as patient self-referral
  2. *p-values of Fisher exact test for each referring profession. When Bonferroni correction is applied for 5 comparisons (level of significance 0.01) the differences between regions in the prescriptive possibility of General Practicioner and Physiotherapist are statistically significant
  3. **Statistically significant result at 5 % significance level