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Table 3 Outcome-related aspects of quality of care; meeting of expectations and intentions to follow advice and instructions

From: Perceived quality of physiotherapist-led orthopaedic triage compared with standard practice in primary care: a randomised controlled trial

 

Physiotherapist-led triage n = 83

Standard practice n = 80

n

NA

Median

Q1;Q3

Mean

n

NA

Median

Q1;Q3

Mean

p-value

Meeting of expectations

78

0

4

4; 5

4.3

74

0

4

3; 4

3.7

<0.001

Intention to follow advice and instructions

76

6

3

3; 3

2.8

59

19

3

2; 3

2.6

0.019

  1. Results from the questionnaire Quality from the Patients’ Perspective (QPP). Response options ranged from 1 (not at all) to 5 (to a very large extent) for the item regarding expectations and from 1 (no) to 3 (yes, completely) for the item regarding intentions. Q1; Q3: First quartile; third quartile, NA: Not applicable. Statistically significant differences between groups (two-tailed p-value) are presented in bold font