Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of all recruited patients
| Professional group | Statistical difference between groups | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient characteristic | Doctor % (N) | ESP % (N) | ENP % (N) | |
| Injury type | p=0.10 | |||
| Lower limb | 71.0 (65) | 55.4 (46) | 61.4 (51) | |
| Upper limb | 29.0 (27) | 44.6 (37) | 38.6 (32) | |
| Gender | p=0.11 | |||
| Male | 61.3 (57) | 60.2 (50) | 47.0 (39) | |
| Female | 38.7 (36) | 39.8 (=33) | 53.0 (44) | |
| Age (years) | p=0.76 | |||
| 17–24 | 28.4 (25) | 30.0 (24) | 41.0 (32) | |
| 25–34 | 39.8 (35) | 35.0 (28) | 21.8 (17) | |
| 35–44 | 18.2 (16) | 18.8 (15) | 23.1 (18) | |
| 45–54 | 6.8 (6) | 6.3 (5) | 5.1 (4) | |
| 55–64 | 3.4 (3) | 5.0 (4) | 5.1 (4) | |
| 65–74 | 1.1 (1) | 1.3 (1) | 1.3 (1) | |
| 75–84 | 2.3 (2) | 3.6 (3) | 2.6 (2) | |
| Occupation | p=2.71 | |||
| Professional | 19.7 (13) | 19.7 (14) | 14.3 (10) | |
| Managerial | 28.8 (19) | 12.7 (9) | 22.9 (16) | |
| Manual | 30.3 (20) | 38.0 (27) | 41.4 (29) | |
| Not working | 21.2 (14) | 29.6 (21) | 21.4 (15) | |
| Doctors score (95% CIs) | ESP score (95% CI) | ENP score (95% CI) | Statistical difference between groups | |
| Base line pain visual analogue scale (VAS) score | 6.42 (5.68 to 7.15) | 6.67 (5.93 to 7.40) | 6.03 (5.28 to 6.77) | p=0.469 |
ENP, emergency nurse practitioner; ESP, extended scope physiotherapists.