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Table 3 Participants’ profile by level of adherence

From: Physiotherapists’ knowledge of and adherence to evidence-based practice guidelines and recommendations for ankle sprains management: a cross-sectional study

  

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Groups (N)

Total eligible participants (408)

“Following” (17)

“Partially Following” (278)

“Partially Not Following” (93)

“Not Following” (20)

“Following” (151)

“Partially Following” (143)

“Not Following” (114)

Age (years (mean (SD)))

34 (10)

32 (9.5)

32 (7.6)

39 (12.0)

41 (12.7)

33 (9.3)

33 (9)

37 (10.6)

Gender (N (%)):

 Female

155 (38)

5 (29)

95 (34)

45 (48)

10 (50)

49 (32)

58 (41)

48 (42)

 Male

251 (61.5)

12 (71)

181 (65)

48 (52)

10 (50)

102 (68)

85 (59)

64 (56)

 Other

2 (0.5)

0 (0)

2 (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (2)

Years of practice (N (%)):

 Less than 1 year

22 (5)

2 (12)

15 (5)

3 (3)

2 (11)

9 (6)

7 (5)

6 (5)

 From 1 to 5 years

150 (37)

7 (41)

117 (42)

22 (24)

4 (21)

61 (40)

58 (41)

31 (27)

 From 6 to 10 years

100 (25)

3 (18)

68 (25)

22 (24)

7 (37)

42 (28)

32 (22)

26 (23)

 More than 10 years

136 (33)

5 (29)

78 (28)

46 (49)

7 (31)

39 (26)

46 (32)

51 (45)

Highest academical education reached (N (%)):

 Bachelor of Science (BSc)

223 (54.8)

12 (71)

154 (55)

59 (64)

18 (89)

85 (56)

83 (58)

75 (66)

 Post-Graduate I Level Degree*

153 (37)

3 (18)

108 (39)

27 (29)

2 (11)

55 (36)

52 (36)

33 (29)

 Master of Science (MSc) /Post-Graduate II Level Degree**

31 (8)

2 (12)

16 (6)

6 (6)

0 (0)

11 (8)

8 (6)

5 (4)

 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

1 (0.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (1)

Participation to a course on the topic ‘LAS’ (N (%)):

 Yes

129 (32)

5 (29)

86 (31)

34 (37)

5 (21)

48 (32)

45 (32)

36 (32)

 No

279 (68)

12 (71)

192 (69)

59 (63)

15 (79)

103 (68)

98 (68)

78 (68)

  1. N Number, SD Standard deviation; %, percentage; *Academic degree that can be gained after BSc (Italian education system); ** Academic degree that can be gained after MSc (Italian education system)