Table 1.
Demographics of participants presented with their mean (SD), frequency (%), median (IQR) and range
| Total responses n = 465 (100%) |
Victoria n = 221 (50%) |
New South Wales n = 81 (18%) | Queensland n = 58 (13%) |
South Australia n = 39 (9%) |
NT/TAS/ACT* n = 23 (5%) |
Western Australia n = 24 (5%) |
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| Age (Years) | 36 (30,46), 22–73 | 34 (29,43) 23–62 | 42 (35,49), 23–73 | 37 (29,46), 22–64 | 36 (29,50), 23–61 | 34 (30,43), 23–61 | 46 (31,47.5), 24–62 |
| Gender (Female) | 341 (73%) | 151 (68%) | 55 (68%) | 38 (66%) | 29 (74%) | 12 (52%) | 18 (75%) |
| Recency | N = 464 | ||||||
| 0–5 years | 113 (24%) | 42 (19%) | 16 (20%) | 19 (33%) | 6 (15%) | 6 (26%) | 4 (16%) |
| 6–10 years | 108 (23%) | 71 (32%) | 18 (22%) | 11 (19%) | 9 (23%) | 6 (26%) | 3 (13%) |
| >10 years | 243 (53%) | 108 (49%) | 47 (58%) | 28 (48%) | 24 (62%) | 11 (48%) | 17 (71% |
| Primary work setting | N = 443 | n = 218 | |||||
| Private practice | 299 (67%) | 130 (60%) | 61 (75%) | 45 (78%) | 32 (82%) | 13 (57%) | 18 (75%) |
| Public health service | 136 (3%) | 85 (39%) | 16 (20%) | 13 (22%) | 7 (18%) | 10 (43%) | 5 (21%) |
| Administration/University | 8 (2%) | 3 (1%) | 4 (5%) | – | – | – | 1 (4%) |
| Business relationship | N = 444 | n = 219 | |||||
| Owner or partner | 156 (35%) | 64 (29%) | 37 (46%) | 19 (33%) | 20 (51%) | 5 (22%) | 11 (46%) |
| Salaried/Contract | 283 (64%) | 153 (70% | 43 (53%) | 39 (67%) | 17 (44%) | 18 (78%) | 13 (54%) |
| Locum/Not working | 5 (1%) | 2 (1%) | 1 (1%) | – | 2 (5%) | – | – |
| Working locations | N = 428 | n = 216 | n = 23 | ||||
| 1 | 181 (42%) | 86 (40%) | 35 (44%) | 23 (40%) | 14 (36%) | 10 (43%) | 13 (54%) |
| 2–3 | 194 (45%) | 95 (44%) | 36 (44%) | 27 (46%) | 20 (51%) | 8 (35%) | 8 (33%) |
| > 3 | 53 (12%) | 35 (16%) | 10 (12%) | 8 (14%) | 5 (13%) | 5 (22%) | 2 (13%) |
| Medicare caseload | |||||||
| 0% | 337 (72%) | 164 (74%) | 62 (77%) | 35 (60%) | 24 (62%) | 20 (87%) | 17 (71%) |
| 1–50% | 42 (10%) | 22 (10%) | 6 (7%) | 7 (12%) | 6 (15%) | – | 1 (4%) |
| > 50% | 86 (18%) | 35 (16%) | 13 (16%) | 16 (28%) | 9 (23%) | 3 (13%) | 6 (25%) |
| Telehealth caseload | N = 378 | n = 173 | n = 69 | n = 50 | n = 34 | n = 21 | n = 19 |
| 0% | 279 (74%) | 115 (66%) | 60 (87%) | 43 (86%) | 28 (82%) | 14 (67%) | 15 (79%) |
| 1–50% | 96 (25%) | 56 (32%) | 9 (13%) | 7 (14%) | 5 (15%) | 7 (33%) | 7 (21%) |
| > 50% | 3 (1%) | 2 (1%) | – | – | 1 (3%) | – | – |
| NDIS caseload | |||||||
| 0% | 301 (64%) | 139 (63%) | 55 (68%) | 39 (67%) | 20 (51%) | 14 (61%) | 19 (79%) |
| 1–50% | 163 (35%) | 79 (36%) | 26 (32%) | 19 (33%) | 18 (46%) | 9 (39%) | 5 (21%) |
| > 50% | 1 (1%) | 3 (1%) | – | – | 1 (3%) | – | – |
| Home visits | N = 307 | n = 156 | n = 57 | n = 45 | n = 25 | n = 10 | n = 10 |
| 0–50% | 287 (93%) | 146 (94%) | 53 (93%) | 41 (91%) | 24 (96%) | 10 (100%) | 10 (100%) |
| > 50% | 20 (7%) | 10 (6%) | 4 (7%) | 4 (9%) | 1 (4%) |