Primary care physiotherapists ability to make correct management decisions – is there room for improvement? A mixed method study

Table 2 Percentage of correct management decision

	PT	PT but encourage GP contact	No PT and GP referral	Correct MD	100% correct MD^b
Musculoskeletal conditions				42%^a	42%
Man with leg pain	74%	24%	2%	98%
Woman with neck pain	88%	11%	1%	99%
Woman with pain around sternum	6%	39%	55%	45%
Girl with knee pain	51%	40%	9%	91%
Man with knee pain	77%	22%	1%	99%
Non-critical medical conditions				37%^a	5%
Man with bilateral leg cramps	21%	67%	12%	79%
Woman with foot pain	80%	15%	5%	20%
Woman with bilateral shoulder pain	59%	34%	7%	41%
Woman with intense subcostal pain	14%	36%	49%	86%
Critical medical conditions				34%^a	5%
Man with swollen and red knee	14%	37%	49%	49%
Woman with intense low back pain	57%	27%	15%	15%
Man with thoracic back pain	8%	36%	56%	56%

Abbreviations: CM critical medical, GP General Practitioner, PT Physiotherapy, MD Management Decision, MS Musculoskeletal, NCM Non-critical medical
^a Defined as; musculoskeletal conditions (5 correct / 5 MS vignettes), non-critical medical conditions (3 correct / 4 NCM vignettes), critical medical conditions (2 correct / 3 CM vignettes)
^b Defined as; musculoskeletal conditions (5 correct / 5 MS vignettes), non-critical medical conditions (4 correct / 4 NCM vignettes), critical medical conditions (3 correct / 3 CM vignettes)

ISSN: 2731-4553