Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants (n = 889)
| Characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Age in years, mean ± SD (range) | 37.4 ± 11.5 (18 – 69) |
| Sex: male/female/other, n (%) | 225/657/3 (25.4/73.2/0.3; n = 885) |
| Individual number of professions: one/two/three, n(%) | 838/49/2 (94.3/5.5/0.2; n = 889) |
| Professions†, n (%) | |
| Physical Therapy | 318 (35.8) |
| Occupational therapy | 154 (17.3) |
| Midwifery | 137 (15.4) |
| Speech and language therapy | 79 (8.9) |
| Nursing | 73 (8.2) |
| Medicine | 28 (3.1) |
| Sport therapy/sport sciences | 26 (2.9) |
| Psychology | 9 (1.0) |
| Other | 14 (1.6) |
| ≥ 1 profession | 51 (5.7) |
| Highest professional degree, n (%) | |
| Undergraduate | 90 (10.1) |
| Diploma (vocational school) | 368 (41.4) |
| Bachelor/diploma (university) | 273 (30.7) |
| Master | 106 (11.9) |
| Higher academic degree | 40 (4.5) |
| Missing | 12 (1.3) |
| Contact time with patients, hours per week, mean ± SD (range) | 26.7 ± 11.8 (1 – 60) (n = 861) |
| Primary setting of work, n (%) | |
| Hospital | 196 (22.0) |
| University clinic | 58 (6.5) |
| Rehabilitation clinic | 61 (6.9) |
| Outpatient clinic/private practice | 468 (52.6) |
| Other | 96 (10.8) |
| Missing | 10 (1.1) |
| Work experience in years, mean ± SD (range) | 13.3 ± 10.8 (0 – 44) (n = 870) |
| Employment situation, n (%) | |
| Employee/worker | 584 (65.7) |
| Self-employed | 159 (17.9) |
| Freelancer | 83 (9.3) |
| Undergraduate/in training/practical year | 59 (6.6) |
| Missing | 4 (0.4) |
| Leading/leadership position: yes/no, n (%) | 286/589 (67.3/32.7) (n = 875) |
| Having inter-professional communication, n (%) | 769 (86.5) (n = 884) |
| Inter-professional communication with other professionsa, n (%) | |
| Medicine | 679 (88.3) |
| Nursing | 461 (59.9) |
| Physical Therapy | 454 (59.0) |
| Occupational therapy | 345 (44.9) |
| Psychology | 297 (38.6) |
| Speech and language therapy | 270 (35.1) |
| Sport therapy/sport sciences | 146 (19.0) |
| Midwifery | 92 (12.0) |
| Other | 96 (10.8) |
| Size of the city/municipality of employment, n (%) | |
| < 5.000 (rural community) | 64 (7.2) |
| 5.000 – 20.000 (small town) | 153 (17.2) |
| 20.000 – 100.000 (mean sized city) | 235 (26.4) |
| > 100.000 (large city) | 427 (48.0) |
| Missing | 10 (1.1) |
| Available time for scientific literature studies at work within a typical week in minutes per week, mean ± SD (range) | 53.6 ± 100.8 (0 – 900) (n = 751) |
| Availability of scientific literature at work place, n (%) | 578 (66.5) |
| Drafting of or involvement in ≥ 1 scientific publication, n (%) | 277 (31.2) |
| Hosting of lectures or workshops on evidence based practice, n (%) | 120 (13.6) |
Values are the total numbers (percent) or indicated otherwise. Mean values are given with the standard deviation (range). Different sample sizes within each sample due to missing values
aMultiple answers possible