Table 3.
Overview of causes of referral across referral sources for children included in FYSIOPRIM
| Cause of referral | Motor development | Asymmetrya | Orthopaedics | Preterm | Diagnosisb/syndrome | Advice PA | Otherc | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referral source | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) |
| Child health care centre | 16 | (32.0) | 36 | (90.0) | 13 | (52.0) | 6 | (66.7) | – | – | – | – | 3 | (20.0) | 74 | (50.0) |
| Hospital | 6 | (12.0) | 3 | (7.5) | 1 | (4.0) | 3 | (33.3) | 4 | (80.0) | 2 | (50.0) | 6 | (40.0) | 25 | (16.9) |
| Kindergarten | 17 | (34.0) | – | – | 3 | (12.0) | – | – | – | – | 2 | (13.3) | 22 | (14.9) | ||
| School | 5 | (10.0) | – | – | 1 | (4.0) | – | – | 1 | (20.0) | – | – | 1 | (6.7) | 8 | (5.4) |
| School health care services | 2 | (4.0) | – | – | 4 | (16.0) | – | – | – | – | 1 | (25.0) | 1 | (6.7) | 8 | (5.4) |
| General practitioner | 1 | (2.0) | – | – | 2 | (8.0) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | (2.0) | ||
| Proxy/parent | 2 | (4.0) | 1 | (2.5) | 1 | (4.0) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | (6.7) | 5 | (3.4) |
| Other | 1 | (2.0) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | (25.0) | 1 | (6.7) | 1 | (0.6) | ||
| Total | 50 | (33.8) | 40 | (27.0) | 25 | (16.9) | 9 | (6.1) | 5 | (3.4) | 4 | (2.7) | 15 | (10.1) | 148 | (100) |
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aPositional preference of head or truncus, congenital muscular torticollis
bEstablished neurological diagnosis
cHeart and lung disease, overweight, juvenile arthritis, cancer, fractures, pain, myalgic encephalomyelitis, referral for assistive devices, multidisciplinary assessment or other