Table 2.
Number (N) of client/practitioner permutations and associated percentages of completion (C) by age/gender and occupational background of practitioner and primary presenting issue (Npractiioners= 25; Nclients= 1,989)
| Clients | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
|
Younger males |
Older males |
Younger females |
Older females |
Total |
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|
Practitioners (a) |
|
N (−) |
C (%) |
N (−) |
C (%) |
N (−) |
C (%) |
N (−) |
C (%) |
N (−) |
C (%) |
| younger males |
50 |
28.0 |
64 |
32.8 |
32 |
12.5 |
57 |
38.6 |
203 |
30.0 |
|
| older males |
75 |
18.7 |
60 |
40.0 |
32 |
15.6 |
46 |
43.5 |
213 |
29.6 |
|
| younger females |
147 |
27.9 |
153 |
34.6 |
151 |
22.5 |
159 |
23.9 |
610 |
27.2 |
|
| older females |
227 |
13.2 |
211 |
35.5 |
229 |
24.0 |
293 |
39.9 |
960 |
28.9 |
|
| |
Total |
499 |
19.8 |
488 |
35.5 |
444 |
22.1 |
555 |
35.5 |
1986 |
28.5 |
| |
Significance1 |
|
** |
|
ns |
|
ns |
|
** |
|
* |
| |
|
Primary Condition |
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| |
|
Cardio- respiratory |
Mental Health |
Musculo- skeletal |
Other |
Total |
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|
Background (b) |
|
N (−) |
C (%) |
N (−) |
C (%) |
N (−) |
C (%) |
N (−) |
C (%) |
N (−) |
C (%) |
| Mental Health |
25 |
52.0 |
621 |
28.2 |
171 |
35.1 |
62 |
43.5 |
879 |
|
|
| Physiotherapy |
7 |
28.6 |
77 |
15.6 |
144 |
30.6 |
20 |
35.0 |
248 |
|
|
| General |
16 |
18.8 |
306 |
27.1 |
132 |
37.9 |
42 |
33.3 |
496 |
|
|
| Learning Disability |
13 |
23.1 |
278 |
20.9 |
71 |
25.4 |
28 |
21.4 |
390 |
|
|
| |
Total |
61 |
34.4 |
1282 |
25.6 |
518 |
33.2 |
152 |
35.5 |
2013 |
|
| Significance1 | - | * | ns | ns | |||||||
(a)Note: 30 client/practitioner permutations are missing. 1: *=p<0.05, **=p<0.01, ***=p< 0.001. ns=not significant.
(b)Note: 3 permutations are missing; 1 *=p<0.05, **=p<0.01, ***=p<0.001; ns = not significant.