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Table 1 Demographic data of the respondents working in a private or public institution (n = 50)

From: Utilisation of research evidence in clinical practice to improve health care delivery- practices, attitudes and challenges faced by physiotherapists in Zimbabwe: a descriptive cross sectional study

 

Private Institution

Public Institution

Test

Sample size, n (%)

31 (62.0)

19 (38.0)

 

Gender, n (%)

  

X 2 (1) = 0.567 p = 0.81

 Females

19 (61.3)

11 (57.9)

 

 Males

12 (38.7)

8 (42.1)

 

Age, mean (SD)

38.9 (11.4)

32.3 (4.5)

t(48) = 2.404, p = 0.02*

Highest level of qualification, n (%)

  

X 2 (1) = 1.943 p = 0.16

 BSc

25 (80.6)

18 (94.7)

 

 MSc

6 (19.3)

1 (5.3)

 

Years of Practice, median (IQR)

10 (6–20)

7 (5–10)

U = 195.0 (Z = 1.98) p = 0.04*

Work Time allocation

 Patient Care (>60 %)

25 (80.6)

17 (89.5)

X 2 (1) = 0.683 p = 0.40

 Research (>5 %)

12 (38.7)

4 (21.1)

X 2 (1) = 1.168 p = 0.19

 Teaching (>5 %)

11 (35.5)

7 (36.8)

X 2 (1) = 0.009 p = 0.92

 Other (>5 %)

19 (61.3)

9 (47.4)

X 2 (1) = 0.927 p = 0.33

  1. *denotes statistically significant