The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy Indexed in /covered by CAS, KoreaScience & DOI/Crossref:eISSN 2287-156X   pISSN 1229-0475

The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy Indexed in /covered by CAS, KoreaScience & DOI/Crossref:eISSN 2287-156X pISSN 1229-0475

Table. 3.

Table. 3.

The proportion and reasons for social admissions as perceived by physical therapists

Unit: n (%)

Total (n=419) Clinics (a) (n=69) Hospitals (b) (n=135) Nursing hospital (c) (n=171) Public institution (d) (n=44) x2
The proportion of social admissions at your workplace
Less than 10% 218 (52.0) 39 (56.5) 66 (48.9) 95 (55.6) 18 (40.9) 21.903*
20-30% 114 (27.2) 9 (13.0) 41 (30.4) 51 (29.8) 13 (29.5)
30-50% 55 (13.1) 11 (15.9) 20 (14.8) 17 (9.9) 7 (15.9)
50-70% 26 (6.2) 9 (13.0) 6 (4.4) 7 (4.1) 4 (9.1)
More than 70% 6 (1.4) 1 (1.4) 2 (1.5) 1 (0.6) 2 (4.5)
The reasons for social admissions
Lack of residence 16 (3.8) 1 (1.4) 3 (2.2) 11 (6.4) 1 (2.3) 38.351
Lof caregiver 75 (17.9) 7 (10.1) 23 (17.0) 37 (21.6) 8 (18.2)
Patient anxiety 117 (27.9) 21 (30.4) 44 (32.6) 45 (26.3) 7 (15.9)
Convenience of the hospital 139 (33.2) 18 (26.1) 42 (31.1) 65 (38.0) 14 (31.8)
Other reasons 72 (17.2) 22 (31.9) 23 (17.0) 13 (7.6) 14 (31.8)

*p<0.05, p<0.01, p<0.001.

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