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196 APPENDICES Physio<strong>the</strong>rapy <strong>KCE</strong> reports vol. 40<br />
C. DETAILS OF STATISTICAL ANALYSES<br />
The details of statistical analyses are presented as described in <strong>the</strong> result section.<br />
Response rate and representativeness of <strong>the</strong> respondents<br />
Response rate<br />
Descriptive statistics: number (proportion)<br />
Respondents vs. non-respondents<br />
Descriptive statistics:<br />
Physio<strong>the</strong>rapists age (years), delay since <strong>the</strong> degree (years): mean ± SD (standard deviation) (minimum<br />
maximum)<br />
Physio<strong>the</strong>rapists sex, linguistic role, Belgian province: number (proportion)<br />
Comparative statistics:<br />
Physio<strong>the</strong>rapists age (years): Mann-Whitney Rank Sum test<br />
Physio<strong>the</strong>rapists sex, linguistic role, Belgian province: Chi-Square tests<br />
Missing values (MV) for <strong>the</strong> respondents group (n = 367):<br />
Age, sex, linguistic role, Belgian province: no missing values<br />
Delay since <strong>the</strong> degree: 16 MV<br />
Missing values (MV) for <strong>the</strong> respondents group (n = 1633):<br />
Sex, linguistic role, Belgian province: no missing values<br />
Age: 6 MV<br />
Respondents vs. source population<br />
Comparative statistics:<br />
Physio<strong>the</strong>rapists age (years): Mann-Whitney Rank Sum test<br />
Physio<strong>the</strong>rapists sex, linguistic role, Belgian province: Chi-Square tests<br />
Missing values (MV) for <strong>the</strong> respondents group (n = 367):<br />
Age, sex, linguistic role, Belgian province: no missing values<br />
Delay since <strong>the</strong> degree: 16 MV<br />
Missing values (MV) for <strong>the</strong> source population (n = 10440):<br />
Sex, linguistic role, Belgian province: no missing values<br />
Age: 43 MV<br />
Pathologies treated in Belgian ambulatory physio<strong>the</strong>rapy<br />
Most common conditions treated in Belgian ambulatory physio<strong>the</strong>rapy<br />
Descriptive statistics:<br />
A condition was only considered if it appears in at least 100 out of <strong>the</strong> 5210 sessions examined in <strong>the</strong> survey.<br />
Number (proportion)<br />
Missing values (MV):<br />
90 MV out of <strong>the</strong> 5300 recorded sessions.<br />
Physio<strong>the</strong>rapeutic sessions during one working day according to <strong>the</strong> International Classification of Primary<br />
Care 2nd Edition (ICPC-2)<br />
Descriptive statistics:<br />
Patients age (years), length of <strong>the</strong> physio<strong>the</strong>rapeutic sessions (minutes), cost of <strong>the</strong> physio<strong>the</strong>rapeutic<br />
sessions (euros): mean ± SD (standard deviation) (minimum maximum)<br />
Sessions, co-morbidity, patients sex, place of <strong>the</strong> rehabilitation, type of pathology: number (proportion)<br />
Missing values (MV):<br />
Chapter A General and unspecified (n = 506):<br />
Sessions, co-morbidity, age: no missing values<br />
Sex: 1 MV<br />
Place of <strong>the</strong> rehabilitation: 6 MV<br />
Length <strong>the</strong> physio<strong>the</strong>rapeutic sessions: 8 MV + 1 data encoded as second session<br />
Cost of <strong>the</strong> physio<strong>the</strong>rapeutic sessions: 8 MV<br />
Type of pathology: 3 MV