Table 4.

Effect of clinical cases scenario on preference of physical therapy treatment.

	n	Mean ± SD	P
Cardiopulmonary physical therapy
Major stroke	161	6.00 ± 1.10	0.002
Respiratory failure	173	9.79 ± 0.19
Vertebral fracture	123	5.41 ± 1.91
Congestive heart failure	79	6.02 ± 1.43
Intubated with pulmonary infection	98	8.71 ± 1.66
Road traffic accident	56	2.04 ± 1.57
Range of motion exercises
Major stroke	161	9.31 ± 1.69	0.001
Respiratory failure	173	6.15 ± 1.14
Vertebral fracture	123	3.73 ± 1.90
Congestive heart failure	79	3.38 ± 1.76
Intubated with pulmonary infection	98	2.98 ± 1.81
Road traffic accident	56	3.10 ± 1.74
Positioning
Major stroke	161	7.60 ± 1.39	0.04
Respiratory failure	173	6.35 ± 0.95
Vertebral fracture	123	7.60 ± 1.81
Congestive heart failure	79	4.52 ± 1.74
Intubated with pulmonary infection	98	7.40 ± 1.79
Road traffic accident	56	8.69 ± 2.09
Exercises
Major stroke	161	5.58 ± 1.67	0.35
Respiratory failure	173	3.46 ± 1.84
Vertebral fracture	123	3.35 ± 1.75
Congestive heart failure	79	3.87 ± 1.72
Intubated with pulmonary infection	98	4.02 ± 1.84
Road traffic accident	56	3.67 ± 1.77
Functional activities
Major stroke	161	5.96 ± 1.86	0.02
Respiratory failure	173	3.81 ± 2.03
Vertebral fracture	123	3.17 ± 1.92
Congestive heart failure	79	3.73 ± 1.86
Intubated with pulmonary infection	98	2.90 ± 1.49
Road traffic accident	56	3.65 ± 1.79
Functional electrical stimulation
Major stroke	161	3.06 ± 1.65	0.111
Respiratory failure	173	2.33 ± 1.26
Vertebral fracture	123	1.50 ± 0.96
Congestive heart failure	79	1.50 ± 0.87
Intubated with pulmonary infection	98	1.46 ± 0.90
Road traffic accident	56	1.44 ± 0.87

ANOVA test (P < 0.05) is used to analyze the difference in choice of treatment in different clinical cases. SD, standard deviation; n, number of responses.