Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of study respondents
| Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Male | 2 | 4 |
| Female | 48 | 96 |
| Marital status | ||
| Single | 19 | 38 |
| Engaged | 7 | 14 |
| Married | 24 | 48 |
| Highest level of education in speech therapy | ||
| Bachelor degree | 20 | 40 |
| Postgraduate Masters degree | 29 | 58 |
| Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) | 1 | 2 |
| Years of experience | ||
| 1–5 | 28 | 56 |
| 6–10 | 15 | 30 |
| More than 10 | 7 | 14 |
| Primary workplace | ||
| Acute general hospital | 5 | 10 |
| Client’s home | 22 | 44 |
| Outpatient hospital | 5 | 10 |
| Post-acute/rehabilitation-general hospital/inpatient | 3 | 6 |
| Rehabilitation center | 13 | 26 |
| Telepractice | 2 | 4 |
| Portion of the current caseload | ||
| Less than or about 25% | 39 | 78 |
| Less than or about 50% | 11 | 22 |
| Primary etiologies of non-progressive dysarthria | ||
| Aneurysm | 1 | 2 |
| Brain cancer | 1 | 2 |
| Cerebral palsy | 3 | 6 |
| Encephalitis | 1 | 2 |
| Stroke | 31 | 62 |
| Traumatic brain injury | 13 | 26 |
| Referral sources | ||
| Client’s/family decision | 17 | 34 |
| Medical doctors | 18 | 36 |
| Therapists from different rehabilitative fields | 15 | 30 |
| Mean ± SDa | ||
| Age | 28.64 ± 5.33 | |
a Standard deviation