Table 4.
Predictors of types of lower limbs vascular tests undertaken by podiatrists
| Observation, Doppler and pressure (ref) (n = 49) | Observation alone (n = 29) | Doppler alone (n = 50) | Observation and Doppler (n = 97) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | OR (95% CI) | P | N (%) | OR (95% CI) | P | N (%) | OR (95% CI) | P | ||
| Education level | Bachelor (ref) | 30 (61.2%) | 17 (58.6%) | 28 (56.0%) | 70 (72.1%) | ||||||
| PG/Research | 16 (32.6%) | 9 (31.0%) | −.10 (.32, 2.54) | 0.85 | 18 (36.0%) | 0.19 (0.51, 2.89) | 0.65 | 24 (24.7%) | −0.47 (0.28, 1.37) | 0.24 | |
| Diploma | 3 (6.2%) | 3 (10.4%) | 0.63 (0.34, 10.49) | 0.47 | 4 (8.0%) | 0.35 (0.29, 6.93) | 0.66 | 3 (3.1%) | −0.83 (0.08, 2.29) | 0.33 | |
| Podiatry setting | Public (ref) | 33 (67.3%) | 17 (58.6%) | 34 (68.0%) | 64 (66.0%) | ||||||
| Private | 16 (32.7%) | 12 (41.4%) | 0.44 (0.58, 4.14) | 0.38 | 16 (32.0%) | −0.05 (0.40, 2.26) | 0.906 | 33 (34.0%) | 0.12 (0.53, 2.39) | 0.75 | |
Ref reference category, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, PG post graduate study. Bolded P indicates significant difference at < 0.05