Table 3.
Association of Physiotherapists' Place of Employment (Rural or Urban) with Their Demographic, Employment or Practice, and Other Professional Characteristics (Bivariate Analysis)
| No./sample size (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics or variables | Urban | Rural | p-value |
| Demographic | |||
| Age (quartile), y | 0.55 | ||
| ≤32 | 155/571 (27.1) | 23/72 (31.9) | |
| 33–40 | 137/571 (24.0) | 12/72 (16.7) | |
| 41–50 | 142/571 (24.9) | 19/72 (26.4) | |
| ≥51 | 137/571 (24.0) | 18/72 (25.0) | |
| Median age: ≤40 y | 282/571 (51.1) | 35/72 (48.6) | 0.69 |
| Sex: female | 448/571 (78.5) | 60/72 (83.3) | 0.34 |
| Employment or practice | |||
| Employment status | 0.96 | ||
| Full time | 418/558 (74.9) | 53/71 (74.6) | |
| Part time | 140/558 (25.1) | 18/71 (25.4) | |
| Practice area | 0.039 | ||
| Direct patient care | 483/565 (85.5) | 67/71 (94.4) | |
| Other (i.e., admin, other, N/A, client service management, more than one system, teaching PT, consultant and research) | 82/565 (14.5) | 4/71 (5.6) | |
| Client age | <0.001 | ||
| All ages | 345/541 (63.8) | 59/68 (86.8) | |
| Adult | 132/541 (24.4) | 7/68 (10.3) | |
| Senior | 42/541 (7.8) | 1/68 (1.5) | |
| Paediatric | 22/541 (4.1) | 1/68 (1.5) | |
| Client level | 274/531 (51.5) | 58/67 (86.6) | <0.001 |
| Mixed | 274/532 (51.5) | 58/67 (86.6) | |
| Acute | 115/532 (21.6) | 7/67 (10.4) | |
| LTC | 21/532 (3.9) | 0/67 (0.0) | |
| Rehabilitation | 122/532 (22.9) | 2/67 (3.0) | |
| Public practice (vs. private) | 307/529 (58.0) | 40/68 (58.8) | 0.90 |
| Practice focus | 0.37 | ||
| MSK | 320/556 (57.6) | 36/70 (51.4) | |
| Neurology | 54/556 (9.7) | 1/70 (1.4) | |
| Cardiorespiratory | 20/556 (3.6) | 1/70 (1.4) | |
| More than 1 system | 133/556 (23.9) | 30/70 (42.9) | |
| Other Professional | |||
| Pelvic floor authorization | 32/571 (5.6) | 2/72 (2.8) | 0.41 |
| Acupuncture authorization | 95/571 (16.6) | 19/72 (26.4) | 0.041 |
| Manipulation authorization | 31/571 (5.4) | 3/72 (4.2) | 1.00 |
| IMS authorization | 26/571 (4.6) | 5/72 (6.9) | 0.38 |
| PCE completion | 285/571 (49.9) | 39/72 (54.2) | 0.50 |
| SPA member | 365/563 (64.8) | 41/72 (56.9) | 0.19 |
| SPA member & division membership | 0.28 | ||
| Clinical instructor | 248/571 (43.4) | 30/72 (41.7) | 0.78 |
| Designation | 0.26 | ||
| Diploma/ certificate | 65/571 (11.4) | 13/72 (18.1) | |
| Baccalaureate | 397/571 (69.5) | 47/72 (65.3) | |
| Master's or doctorate | 109/571 (19.1) | 12/72 (16.7) | |
| Place of graduation | 0.47 | ||
| University of Saskatchewan | 462/571 (80.9) | 59/72 (81.9) | |
| Other Canadian | 77/571 (13.5) | 7/72 (9.7) | |
| International | 32/571 (5.6) | 6/72 (8.3) | |
LTC=long-term care; MSK=musculoskeletal; IMS=intramuscular stimulation; PCE=Physiotherapy Competency Exam; SPA=Saskatchewan Physiotherapy Association.