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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Allied health professionals’ experiences and views towards improving musculoskeletal services in the UK for patients with musculoskeletal and co-existing mental health conditions: a qualitative study

Participant

Professional Experience*

Band Level

MSK Experience*

Health System

Clinical Speciality

OT 1

< 1

5

< 1

NHS

Rotational OT

OT 2

7

6

7

NHS

Outpatients

OT 3

32

7

32

NHS

Chronic pain and MSK services

Physio 1

35

7

25

Non- NHS

Private MSK, part-time

Physio 2

14

8b

12

NHS

Community and orthopaedics in secondary care

Physio 3

34

7

32

NHS

Occupational health

Physio 4

17

7

17

NHS

Acute elderly, community, and outpatient rehab

Physio 5

24

8b

18

NHS

MSK outpatients

Physio 6

22

8a

15

Non- NHS

Private MSK

Physio 7

8

7

6

NHS

MSK outpatients

  1. Key:
  2. MSK: musculoskeletal practice
  3. *professional and MSK experience is measured in years