Table 3 Proportion of respondents who rate measures as “useful”, by practice area
Orthopaedics (n = 171) | Neurological (n = 79) | Geriatric (n = 29) | General rehab (n = 90) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n missing | n | % | n missing | n | % | n missing | n | % | n missing | X 2 | p | |
Useful for clinical decision-making | ||||||||||||||
Single leg stance | 156 | 91.2 | 8 | 62 | 78.5 | 3 | 18 | 62.1 | 5 | 70 | 77.8 | 3 | 21.7 | <0.0001 |
Berg | 100 | 58.5 | 13 | 75 | 94.9 | 0 | 21 | 72.4 | 0 | 74 | 82.2 | 2 | 16.9 | 0.0007 |
TUG | 79 | 46.2 | 12 | 52 | 65.8 | 6 | 20 | 69.0 | 2 | 59 | 65.6 | 3 | 4.5 | 0.2 |
Useful for evaluating change over time | ||||||||||||||
Single leg stance | 145 | 84.8 | 14 | 57 | 72.2 | 9 | 14 | 48.3 | 8 | 65 | 72.2 | 8 | 15.6 | 0.0014 |
Berg | 99 | 57.9 | 18 | 69 | 87.3 | 5 | 21 | 72.4 | 4 | 76 | 84.4 | 8 | 20.7 | <0.0001 |
TUG | 85 | 49.7 | 22 | 60 | 75.9 | 11 | 20 | 69.0 | 5 | 67 | 74.4 | 9 | 12.8 | 0.005 |