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Table 2 Participant demographics for physiotherapists

From: Physiotherapy for injured workers in Canada: are insurers’ and clinics’ policies threatening good quality and equity of care? Results of a qualitative study

Participants

British Columbia

Ontario

Québec

Physiotherapists

9

9

9

Physiotherapy technicians (Quebec only)

0

0

3

Total

9

9

12

Gender

   

 Male

3

3

3

 Female

6

6

9

Age1

 20–30

4

4

4

 31–40

3

1

3

 41–50

1

3

3

  > 50

1

0

2

Practice setting

 Private

8

6

10

 Public

0

2

2

 Both private and public

1

1

0

Participants with adjunct administrative position (e.g., clinic owner/manager)

3

3

3

Years of practice as a PT1

 Less than 1

1

0

0

 1–10

6

6

5

 11–20

0

2

2

  > 20

2

0

5

Years worked with injured workers1

 Less than 1

1

0

0

 1–10

6

5

6

 11–20

1

32

3

  > 20

1

0

3

  1. 1Demographic info excludes one participant from Ontario who did not complete the pre-interview questionnaire
  2. 2Includes one participant who had worked as a kinesiologist with injured workers prior to becoming a physiotherapist