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Table 5 Type of treatment

From: The organisation of physiotherapy for people with multiple sclerosis across Europe: a multicentre questionnaire survey

Type of therapy provided

Europe [%]

(n = 72)

East [%]

(n = 9)

North [%]

(n = 23)

South [%]

(n = 28)

West [%]

(n = 12)

Fisher test

p-value

Centers providing inpatient therapy

51 (71 %)

6 (66 %)

17 (74 %)

20 (71 %)

8 (67 %)

0.9468

Of those offer

Inpatient individual

49 (96 %)

6 (100 %)

16 (94 %)

20 (100 %)

7 (88 %)

 

Inpatient group

23 (45 %)

3 (50 %)

9 (53 %)

6 (30 %)

5 (63 %)

 

Inpatient autonomous

7 (14 %)

1 (17 %)

4 (24 %)

2 (10 %)

0 (0 %)

 

Inpatient other

2 (4 %)

0 (0 %)

1 (6 %)

0 (0 %)

1 (13 %)

 

Centers providing outpatient therapy

62 (86 %)

7 (78 %)

17 (74 %)

28 (100 %)

10 (83 %)

0.0130

Of those offer

Outpatient individual

58 (94 %)

7 (100 %)

16 (94 %)

25 (89 %)

10 (100)

 

Outpatient group

25 (40 %)

0 (0 %)

9 (53 %)

9 (32 %)

7 (70 %)

 

Outpatient autonomous

6 (10 %)

0 (0 %)

2 (12 %)

4 (14 %)

0 (0 %)

 

Outpatient other

6 (10 %)

0 (0 %)

3 (18 %)

2 (7 %)

1 (10 %)

 

Centers providing individual therapy on any basis

71 (99 %)

9 (100 %)

23 (100 %)

28 (100 %)

11 (92 %)

0.2917

Centers providing group therapy on any basis

37 (52 %)

3 (33 %)

15 (65 %)

9 (32 %)

10 (83 %)

0.0071

Centers providing both in- and outpatient therapy

41 (57 %)

4 (44 %)

11 (48 %)

20 (71 %)

6 (50 %)

0.2654

  1. The table provides number and percentage of centres providing inpatient and outpatient therapy across regions and in total (row 1 and 5). Then it provides number and percentage of centers providing individual/group/autonomous/other calculated with respect to centres offering the inpatient/outpatient care in the defined area