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Table 1 Level of MI training across the participant’s demographic profile

From: An evaluation of the nature and level of musculoskeletal imaging training in physiotherapy educational programmes in Nigeria

Parameter

ƒ (%)

Mean Rank

Kruskal-Wallis (H)

P-value

Speciality of Interest

 Orthopaedics/Musculoskeletal

185 (46.3)

201.30

19,737.00b

0.897

 Non- Orthopaedics

215 (53.7)

199.81

  

Years in Practice

 1–10

324 (81.0)

192.88

8.50

0.014*

 11–20

49 (12.3)

223.14

  

 21–30

27 (6.7)

250.81

  

Highest Qualification

 Bachelor of physiotherapy a

280 (70.0)

194.64

12.867

0.005*

 Transitional DPT a

8 (2.0)

304.31

  

 Master of physiotherapy

89 (22.3)

195.20

  

 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

23 (5.7)

256.30

  

University of BPT Training

 University A

36 (9.0)

243.96

14.489 c

0.025*

 University B

48 (12.0)

221.94

5.501d

0.358

 University C

168 (42.0)

189.32

  

 University D

52 (13.0)

189.77

  

 University E

38 (9.5)

221.91

  

 University F

35 (8.7)

162.30

  

 University G

23 (5.8)

216.46

  

Practice Setting

 Federal Hospital

124 (31.0)

214.45

7.320

0.396

 State/General Hospital

74 (18.5)

194.62

  

 Private Hospital

60 (15.0)

185.08

  

 Private Physiotherapy Clinic

64 (16.0)

201.14

  

 Home Physiotherapy Service

33 (8.3)

183.50

  

 Sports Team

6 (1.5)

163.58

  

 University

19 (4.7)

240.53

  

 Others

20 (5.0)

181.08

  
  1. The universities were anonymised for ethical reasons. DPT Doctor of Physical Therapy, BPT Bachelor of Physiotherapy, a = entry-level programme. b = Mann-Whitney U Statistics. c = Unadjusted (n = 400). d = Adjusted for other demographic variables (n = 145). Dunn-Bonferroni Post Hoc test was reported in-text. Levels of significance (2-tailed): p < 0.05 (*)