Table 1.
Descriptive statistics using count (proportions) for healthcare professionals and people with osteoarthritis demographics
| Healthcare professionals demographics | GP (n=161) | PT (n=163) | People with hip or knee Osteoarthritis Demographics |
PwOA N=97 |
| Count (%) | Count (%) | Count (%) | ||
| Sex | Sex | |||
| Female | 88 (54.7) | 128 (78.5) | Female | 76 (78.4) |
| Male | 72 (44.7) | 34 (20.9) | Male | 20 (20.6) |
| Prefer not to say | 1 (0.6) | 1 (0.6) | Prefer not to say | 1 (1.0) |
| How long have you been qualified? | Most bothersome joint | |||
| Less than 5 years | 33 (20.5) | 19 (11.7) | Knee | 52 (53.8) |
| 5–10 years | 25 (15.5) | 21 (12.9) | Hip | 45 (46.4) |
| More than 10 years | 103 (64.0) | 123 (75.5) | Age category | |
| Work practice setting (GPs) | 30–39 years | 12 (12.4) | ||
| Urban | 60 (37.3) | – | 40–49 years | 24 (24.7) |
| Rural | 34 (21.1) | – | 50–59 years | 30 (30.9) |
| Mixed | 67 (41.6) | – | 60–69 years | 25 (25.8) |
| Work practice setting (PTs) | 70–79 years | 6 (6.2) | ||
| Public hospital | – | 38 (23.3) | Living location | |
| Private hospital | – | 7 (4.3) | Inner city or suburb | 46 (47.4) |
| Primary care | – | 41 (25.2) | Town | 16 (16.5) |
| Private practice clinic | – | 70 (42.9) | Village | 15 (15.5) |
| Other | – | 7 (4.3) | Open country | 20 (20.6) |
| Postqualification training on OA/chronic pain | No. of other comorbidities | |||
| No | 72 (44.7) | 37 (22.7) | 0 | 31 (32.0) |
| Inservice/webinars/reading | 32 (19.9) | 17 (10.4) | 1–2 | 45 (47.9) |
| Course or conference | 28 (17.4) | 72 (44.2) | 3+ | 18 (19.1) |
| Diploma/APP or certification | 15 (9.3) | 3 (1.8) | Multijoint pain(>1) | |
| MSc in related field | 14 (8.7) | 32 (19.6) | No | 6 (6.2) |
| PhD in related field | 0 | 2 (1.2) | Yes | 91 (93.8) |
| Confidence in treating hip and knee OA | Rating of pain/symptoms on an average day | |||
| Not confident | 2 (1.2) | 0 | No pain/symptoms | 1 (1.0) |
| Slightly confident | 33 (20.5) | 5 (3.1) | Mild | 30 (30.9) |
| Confident | 80 (49.7) | 41 (25.2) | Moderate | 49 (50.5) |
| Very confident | 36 (22.4) | 86 (52.8) | Severe | 17 (17.5) |
| Extremely confident | 10 (6.2) | 31 (19.0) | ||
| % of typical caseload with hip/knee OA | Duration of pain | |||
| 1%–5% | 19 (11.8) | 19 (11.7) | 6 months to 1 year | 24 (24.7) |
| 6%–25% | 117 (72.7) | 83 (50.9) | 1–2 years | 13 (13.4) |
| 26%–50% | 24 (14.9) | 36 (22.1) | 2–3 years | 15 (15.5) |
| 51%–75% | 1 (0.6) | 18 (11.0) | 3–4 years | 11 (11.3) |
| >75% | 0 | 5 (3.1) | More than 4 years | 34 (35.1) |
APP, advanced practice physiotherapist; GP, general practitioner; OA, osteoarthritis; PT, physiotherapist; PwOA, people with qsteoarthritis.