Table 1.

Demographic data of the participants.

	All	Government regulated			Privately regulated
	n = 124	Primary hospitals	Secondary hospitals	Tertiary hospitals	Private hospital
Age years (SD)	28.5 (6.9)	34.4 (3.7)	29.4 (5.3)	32.7 (6.1)	25.9 (6.9)
Experience as PT, n (%)
1–3	19 (15.3%)	4 (3.2%)	0	13 (10.5%)	2 (1.6%)
4–6	13 (10.4%)	1 (0.8%)	3 (2.4%)	4 (3.2%)	5 (4.0%)
7-8	19 (15.3%)	4 (3.2%)	2 (1.6%)	12 (9.7%)	1 (0.8%)
9-10	16 (12.9%)	2 (1.6%)	5 (4%)	6 (4.8%)	3 (2.4%)
>10	57 (45.9%)	1 (0.8%)	5 (4%)	48 (38.7%)	3 (2.4%)
Total	124 (100%)	12 (9.6%)	15 (12.1%)	83 (66.9%)	14 (11.2%)
ICU experience as PT, n (%)
No experience	11 (8.8%)	1 (0.8%)	6 (4.8%)	1 (0.8%)	3 (2.4%)
1–3	12 (9.6%)	2 (1.6%)	7 (5.6%)	2 (1.6%)	1 (0.8%)
4–6	4 (3.2%)	0	1 (0.8%)	2 (1.6%)	1 (0.8%)
7-8	19 (15.3%)	3 (2.4%)	3 (2.4%)	11 (8.9%)	2 (1.6%)
9-10	11 (8.8%)	1 (0.8%)	2 (1.6%)	5 (4%)	3 (2.4%)
>10	67 (54%)	11 (8.9%)	13 (10.5%)	39 (31.5%)	4 (3.2%)
Total	124 (100%)	18 (14.5%)	32 (25.8%)	60 (48.3%)	14 (11.2%)
Working hours (mean)	8	8.4	6.8	8.1	8.7

Note. PT, physiotherapist; n, number; SD, standard deviation; %, percentage; ICU, intensive care unit.