Table 3.
Participant satisfaction and acceptability of follow-up procedures at 6-month follow-up
| Participant questionnaire | SOLAS intervention (n = 41) |
Usual physiotherapy (n = 43) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Satisfaction | |||
| Over the course of treatment for your hip, knee and/or back pain how satisfied were you with your overall physiotherapy care in this study? | • Very dissatisfied | 1 (3%) | 2 (5%) |
| • Somewhat dissatisfied | 3 (7%) | 2 (5%) | |
| • Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied | 1 (3%) | 2 (5%) | |
| • Somewhat satisfied | 10 (25%) | 5 (12%) | |
| • Very satisfied | 25 (62%) | 30 (73%) | |
| Do you think the physiotherapy treatment you received in this study benefited your hip, knee and/or back pain? | • Do not know | 1 (2%) | 1 (2%) |
| • No benefit | 5 (12%) | 4 (10%) | |
| • Some benefit | 13 (33%) | 16 (38%) | |
| • Great benefit | 21 (53%) | 21 (50%) | |
| How helpful in reaching your treatment goal was the physiotherapy treatment you received in this study? | • Do not know | 1 (3%) | 0 (0%) |
| • No benefit | 3 (7%) | 5 (12%) | |
| • Some benefit | 16 (40%) | 18 (43%) | |
| • Great benefit | 20 (50%) | 19 (45%) | |
| How helpful was the advice/information you received during physiotherapy treatment in this study in helping you to manage your hip, knee and/or back pain? | • Do not know | 0 (0%) | 1 (2%) |
| • No benefit | 1 (3%) | 4 (9%) | |
| • Some benefit | 12 (29%) | 12 (28%) | |
| • Great benefit | 28 (68%) | 26 (61%) | |
| How easy/difficult has it been for you to stick to your exercise/physical activity programme since finishing treatment? | • Very difficult | 6 (15%) | 4 (10%) |
| • Somewhat difficult | 11 (27%) | 11 (26%) | |
| • Neither difficult nor easy | 5 (13%) | 7 (17%) | |
| • Somewhat easy | 13 (32%) | 11 (26%) | |
| • Very easy | 5 (13%) | 9 (21%) | |
| Would you recommend the treatment you received in this study to a relative or friend? | • Yes | 39 (97%) | 38 (88%) |
| • No | 1 (3%) | 5 (12%) | |
| Would you be happy to receive this form of treatment again? | • Yes | 36 (88%) | 38 (88%) |
| • No | 5 (12%) | 5 (12%) | |
| Acceptability of follow-up procedures | |||
| How acceptable was it to you to be asked to complete the outcome measures as part of the study? | • Very unacceptable | 2 (4%) | 9 (0%) |
| • Somewhat unacceptable | 1 (2%) | 2 (5%) | |
| • Neither acceptable nor unacceptable | 3 (7%) | 3 (7%) | |
| • Somewhat acceptable | 10 (24%) | 23 (55%) | |
| • Very acceptable | 25 (61%) | 14 (33%) | |
| How much of a burden was it to you to complete the outcome measures as part of the study? | • Do not know | 1 (2%) | 1 (2%) |
| • Great burden | 2 (5%) | 3 (7%) | |
| • Some burden | 3 (7%) | 9 (21%) | |
| • No burden | 35 (86%) | 30 (70%) | |