Table 4 Patient characteristics
From: A comparative case study of prescribing and non-prescribing physiotherapists and podiatrists
|  | Physiotherapy n (%) | Podiatry n (%) | Total n = number of responses | % of total sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Professional group | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Which professional consulted | 135 (42.86%) | 180 (57.14%) | 315 | 100% |
Gender |  |  | n = 254 |  |
Male | 34 (30.4%) | 55 (38.7%) | 89 | 35% |
Female | 78 (69.6%) | 87 (61.3%) | 165 | 65% |
Age | Â | Â | Â | |
Physiotherapy group: n = 111, mean 59.7, SD 16.6, (range 17.6–100.98) | ||||
Podiatry group: n = 139, mean 67.1, SD 16.16, (range 16.17–94.32) | ||||
Total: n = 250, mean 63.8, SD 16.7 | ||||
Living arrangements |  |  | n = 257 |  |
Live alone | 19 (17.4%) | 32 (21.6%) | 51 | 19.8% |
Live with other adult(s) | 90 (82.6%) | 94 (63.5) | 184 | 71.6% |
Care home resident | 0 | 22 (14.9%) | 22 | 8.6% |
Type of accommodation |  |  | n = 276 |  |
Owner occupied house/flat | 97 (82.2%) | 104 (65.8%) | 201 | 72.8% |
Privately rented house/flat | 12 (1.02%) | 12 (7.6%) | 24 | 8.7% |
Local authority/housing association/cooperative | 9 (7.6%) | 13 (8.2%) | 22 | 8% |
Residential or care home, hospice | 0 | 29 (18.4%) | 29 | 1.05% |
Employment group |  |  | n = 262 |  |
In paid or voluntary employment | 46 (41.1%) | 40 (26.7%) | 86 | 32.8% |
Unemployed/student/at home/sick | 15 (13.4%) | 12 (8%) | 27 | 10.3% |
Retired | 51 (45.5%) | 98 (65.3%) | 149 | 56.9% |
Educated beyond 18 years |  |  | n = 274 |  |
Yes | 32 (27.4%) | 51 (32.5%) | 83 | 30.3% |
No | 85 (72.6%) | 106 (67.5%) | 191 | 69.7% |
Ethnic group |  |  | n = 283 |  |
White | 117 (96.7%) | 160 (98.8%) | 277 | 97.9% |
Other | 4 (3.3%) | 2 (1.2%) | 6 | 2.1% |