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. 2014 May 1;17(5):568–574. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2013.0157

Table 2.

Volunteer Involvement in Care Services

  Care services entirely run by volunteers Care services involving volunteers (but not entirely run by them)
Care servicea Whole dataset N=166 % (N) Statutory services N=35 % (N) Voluntary services N=131 % (N) Whole dataset N=166 % (N) Statutory services N=35 % (N) Voluntary services N=166 % (N)
Creative/diversional therapies 14 (23) 18 (6) 14 (17) n.s. 77 (129) 61 (20) 80 (98)
Complementary/alternative therapies 12 (20) 23 (7) 11 (13) n.s. 69 (112) 47 (14) 74 (89)*
Counseling 2 (3) 3 (1) 2 (2) n.s. 68 (107) 48 (14) 71 (83)*
Pastoral/faith-based care 9 (14) 0 (0) 12 (14)* 60 (95) 43 (13) 62 (73)*
Clinical/nursing care services 0 (0) 0 0 N/A 49 (82) 28 (8) 63 (74/131)**
Beauty therapy or hairdressing 25 (41) 29 (9) 27 (32) n.s. 52 (83) 39 (12) 53 (63) n.s.
Gaining patient/family feedback 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) N/A 42 (66) 37 (11) 44 (50) n.s.
Drop-in information service 3 (4) 0 (0) 4 (4) n.s. 34 (52) 52 (14) 30 (33) n.s.
Occupational therapy 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) N/A 23 (32) 17 (5) 24 (27/131) n.s.
Physiotherapy/gym 1 (1) 0 (0) 1 (1) n.s. 17 (26) 10 (3) 18 (20) n.s.
Social work 1 (1) 0 (0) 1 (1) n.s. 15 (23) 11 (3) 15 (17) n.s.
a

Figures stratified on management status do not include services that reported combined data from two or three services where their service is part of a group.

*

X2 test comparing statutory organizations with voluntary organizations significant at p≤0.05.

**

X2 test comparing statutory organizations with voluntary organizations significant at p<0.001.

N/A, X2 tests not performed, as both cells are 0; n.s., X2 tests comparing statutory organizations with voluntary organizations not significant.