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Table 3 Chart review (n = 89 charts)

From: Promoting physical therapists’ use of research evidence to inform clinical practice: part 3 – long term feasibility assessment of the PEAK program

Variable

Number of charts (%)a

N

89

Time

 

 Pre-PEAK

65 (73.0 %)

 Post-PEAK

24 (27.0 %)

Sub-topic

 

 Outcome measures

89 (100 %)

 Non-specific low back pain

78 (87.6 %)

 Post-surgical lumbar conditions

7 (7.9 %)

 Stenosis

4 (4.5 %)

 Lumbar spine tumor

0

Outpatient therapistb

 

 Therapist 1

15 (16.9 %)

 Therapist 2

4 (4.5 %)

 Therapist 3

11 (12.4 %)

 Therapist 4

12 (13.5 %)

 Therapist 5

6 (6.7 %)

 Therapist 6

12 (13.5 %)

 Therapist 7

10 (11.2 %)

 Therapist 8

19 (21.3 %)

Characteristics of patients whose charts were included in the analysis

Age

Mean (sd) or Range

 Mean (sd)

50.0 (19.2)

 Range

20–87

Number of comorbidities

 

 Mean (sd)

2.7 (2.4)

 Range

0–13

Physical therapy visits

 

 Mean (sd)

11.0 (8.7)

 Range

1–48

  1. aVariables are reported as count and percentage unless otherwise noted; PEAK = Physical therapist-driven Education for Actionable Knowledge translation, sd = standard deviation
  2. bOne therapist who participated in PEAK and was seeing patients full time during the chart review data collection period was not the primary therapist on any charts that met the inclusion criteria