Table 2. Demographics of HCP responding to the survey (n = 329).
Medical Doctors N = 27 |
Physiotherapists N = 148 |
Chiropractors N = 14 |
Athletic Therapists N = 85 |
Other N = 55 |
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Sex (%) | |||||
Females | 44.4 | 62.8 | 50.0 | 61.2 | 67.3 |
Males | 55.6 | 37.2 | 50.0 | 38.8 | 32.7 |
Age (years) | 46.5 ± 12.6 | 39.0 ± 10.2 | 37.6 ± 8.6 | 36.2 ± 10.4 | 37.7 ± 13.4 |
Primary area of practice (%) | |||||
Orthopaedics | 7.4 | 68.9 | 0 | 17.6 | 21.8 |
Rheumatology | 7.4 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 |
General practice | 14.8 | 4.1 | 14.3 | 22.4 | 14.5 |
Sports medicine | 55.6 | 10.8 | 57.1 | 45.9 | 16.4 |
Other | 14.8 | 12.2 | 28.6 | 14.1 | 45.5 |
Years of professional practice (%) | |||||
< 1 year | 0 | 3.4 | 7.1 | 10.6 | 16.4 |
At least 1 year, but less than 3 years | 14.8 | 8.8 | 7.1 | 11.8 | 16.4 |
At least 3 years, but less than 5 years | 3.7 | 8.1 | 7.1 | 12.9 | 7.3 |
At least 5 years, but less than 10 years | 18.5 | 15.5 | 21.4 | 22.4 | 18.2 |
At least 10 years, but less than 20 years | 22.2 | 36.5 | 42.9 | 24.7 | 21.8 |
> 20 years | 40.7 | 27.7 | 14.3 | 17.6 | 20.0 |
Diagnosed with KOA (%) | 18.5 | 5.4 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 5.5 |
History of running (%) | |||||
Currently runs regularly (>1 / week) | 48.1 | 66.2 | 78.6 | 23.5 | 61.8 |
Currently runs infrequently (<1 / week) | 11.1 | 5.4 | 7.1 | 14.1 | 7.3 |
Not currently running but ran in the past | 29.6 | 18.9 | 14.3 | 43.5 | 25.5 |
Never ran regularly or infrequently | 11.1 | 9.5 | 0 | 18.8 | 5.5 |