Table 4.
Patient’s receiving foot orthoses and intended outcomes (percentage of responders in each profession and results of logistic regression (odds ratio)). Statistically significant difference with p < 0.05, * with Chi squared and # with Fischer’s test. p values for each significant comparison are included in the Additional file 1: Table S4
| Professional registration | Odds ratio | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pod | Orth | Physio | Pod versus orth | Pod versus physio | Physio versus orth | ||
| Type of patients prescribed with foot orthoses | Musculoskeletal* | 92.2% | 95.7% | 67.3% | 0.5 | 5.7 | 0.1 |
| Diabetes* | 63.3% | 94.6% | 4.1% | 0.9 | 40.5 | 0.002 | |
| Arthritis* | 58.8% | 89.2% | 4.1% | 0.2 | 33.6 | 0.01 | |
| Osteoarthritis* | 72.8% | 89.2% | 34.7% | 0.3 | 5.0 | 0.06 | |
| Paediatric* | 46.8% | 82.8% | 16.3% | 0.2 | 4.5 | 0.04 | |
| Neuro adult* | 39.8% | 79.6% | 22.4% | 0.2 | 2.3 | 0.07 | |
| Neuro paediatric* | 17.1% | 68.8% | 16.3% | 0.09 | 1.1 | 0.08 | |
| Sports | 64.7% | 67.7% | 49.0% | – | – | – | |
| Other high risk* | 37.3% | 68.8% | 2.0% | 0.27 | 28.5 | 0.01 | |
| Fall prevention* | 30.5% | 57.0% | 8.2% | 0.3 | 4.94 | 0.07 | |
| Post-surgery | 2.5% | 1.1% | 2.0% | – | – | – | |
| Other | 1.1% | 1.1% | 4.1% | – | – | – | |
| Practitioner’s outcomes | Pain relief* | 87.4% | 91.4% | 63.3% | 0.6 | 4 | 0.2 |
| Pressure relief* | 47.9% | 59.1% | 8.2% | 0.6 | 10.3 | 0.06 | |
| Functional control | 66.7% | 62.4% | 77.6% | – | – | – | |
| Accommodate deformity* | 18.2% | 29.0% | 28.6% | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1 | |
| Stability* | 12.3% | 10.8% | 38.8% | 1.2 | 0.2 | 5.3 | |
| Ulcer prevention* | 19.0% | 29.0% | 4.1% | 0.6 | 5.5 | 0.1 | |
| Short term treatment* | 16.5% | 3.2% | 38.8% | 5.9 | 0.3 | 19 | |
| Long term treatment* | 24.9% | 9.7% | 32.7% | 3.1 | 0.7 | 4.5 | |
| Other | 0.8% | 1.1% | 2.0% | – | – | – | |
| Patient’s outcome | Pain reduction* | 67.2% | 79.6% | 55.1% | 0.5 | 1.67 | 0.6 |
| Pain free* | 52.7% | 41.9% | 34.7% | 1.5 | 2.1 | 0.4 | |
| Return to sport* | 42.9% | 15.1% | 38.8% | 2.3 | 0.6 | 1.6 | |
| Return to sport level | 63.0% | 59.1% | 71.4% | – | – | – | |
| Return to work | 8.4% | 9.7% | 14.3% | – | – | – | |
| Prevent injury* | 29.4% | 49.5% | 8.2% | 0.3 | 1.6 | 0.03 | |
| Return to footwear | 6.2% | 4.3% | 12.2% | – | – | – | |
| Prevent falls# | 3.1% | 4.3% | 18.4% | 0.2 | 0.05 | 1.5 | |
| Don’t know | 16.8% | 22.6% | 20.4% | – | – | – | |
| Other | 1.1% | 2.2% | 6.1% | – | – | – | |
Pod podiatrist, physio physiotherapist, orth orthotist