Patient attitudes and beliefs associated with self-referral to physical therapy for musculoskeletal complaints: a qualitative study

Table 1 Summary of the sociodemographic characteristics of patients who used the provider referral and the self-referral pathways

Variable	Choice of Treatment Pathway		P value
	Provider Referral Pathway Patients (n = 17)	Self-Referral Pathway Patients (n = 15)
	n (%)	n (%)
Age ^a	48 (12)	51 (10)	0.306†
Gender			0.658‡
Female	13 (76)	13 (87)
Male	4 (24)	2 (13)
Education Attainment			0.324‡
Completed some high school	0	1 (7)
High school graduate	3 (18)	2 (13)
Associate’s degree	7 (41)	2 (13)
Bachelor’s degree	5 (29)	7 (47)
Master’s degree	2 (12)	3 (20)
Race/Ethnicity			0.402‡
White	12 (71)	13 (87)
Black or African American	5 (29)	2 (13)
Hispanic or Latino	0	0
Annual Household Income			0.885‡
Less than $24,999	1 (6)	0
$25,000 to $49,999	4 (24)	2 (14)
$50,000 to $99,999	8 (47)	8 (57)
$100,000 or more	4 (24)	4 (29)

Note: Income percentages for the self-referral group do not sum to 100 because of a missing value
^aAge is a continuous variable; the values shown are means and standard deviations
† Mann-Whitney U test
‡ Fisher’s exact test

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