Table 3 Response percentage and median showing the attitude of the participants towards physiotherapists’ referral and utilisation of MI (n = 400)
Item | S.D. (1) | D (2) | I (3) | A (4) | S.A. (5) | Median (1–5) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Physiotherapists are capable of recognising the need for diagnostic imaging in patients. | 1.5% | 1.5% | 3.3% | 44.5% | 49.2% | 4 |
Physiotherapists are capable of incorporating imaging results into initial and subsequent clinical reasoning. | 1.8% | 2.0% | 2.5% | 49.3% | 44.4% | 4 |
Physiotherapists can provide a preliminary clinical examination to verify if imaging will be necessary to arrive at a diagnosis. | 2.0% | 1.5% | 3.3% | 45.0% | 48.2% | 4 |
Physiotherapists are capable of considering cost-effectiveness while referring a patient for diagnostic imaging. | 2.5% | 5.5% | 7.8% | 50.5% | 33.7% | 4 |
Physiotherapists are capable of weighing the benefit of diagnostic imaging modalities against potential hazards from ionising radiation. | 2.0% | 4.8% | 17.0% | 47.7% | 28.5 | 4 |
Physiotherapists have the potential to operate real-time musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging to supplement their clinical examination. | 6.0% | 16.0% | 25.5% | 32.0% | 20.5% | 4 |
Physiotherapists are capable of reading and interpreting imaging results accurately. | 2.5% | 8.5% | 15.0% | 46.0% | 28.0% | 4 |
Physiotherapists are not restricted by any Nigerian law or health sector regulation from referring patients for diagnostic imaging. | 13.0% | 18.5% | 19.8% | 30.2% | 18.5% | 3 |