Patient Preferences for Receiving Remote Communication Support for Lifestyle Physical Activity Behaviour Change: The Perspective of Patients with Musculoskeletal Disorders from Three Hospital Services

Table 1

Patient characteristics for the total sample and separately for each service.

	All participants; ()	Musculoskeletal physical therapy clinic; ()	Screening clinic and multidisciplinary service; ()	Aquatic physical therapy; ()
Age; mean (SD)	53 (15)	51 (15)	53 (13)	59 (13)
Gender male; (%)	116 (52%)	65 (51%)	27 (54%)	24 (54%)
Body mass index; median (interquartile range)	28.3; (23.8–32.8)	27.8; (23.7–31.7)	26.3; (23.9–33.8)	30.6; (24.1–34.1)
Sufficiently physically active; (%)	112 (50%)	71 (56%)	18 (36%)	23 (52%)
Desired referral to PA program; (%)	155 (70%)	79 (62%)	41 (82%)	35 (79%)
Primary presenting condition
Back condition (%)	84 (38%)	34 (27%)	36 (72%)	14 (32%)
Shoulder condition (%)	38 (17%)	29 (23%)	4 (8%)	5 (11%)
Knee condition (%)	19 (9%)	11 (9%)	1 (2%)	7 (16%)
Neck condition (%)	18 (8%)	14 (11%)	4 (8%)
Elbow, wrist, or hand condition (%)	12 (5%)	12 (9%)
Ankle condition (%)	10 (5%)	7 (6%)	1 (2%)	2 (5%)
Hip condition (%)	8 (4%)	2 (2%)	2 (4%)	4 (9%)
Weight loss (%)	1 (<1%)	1 (1%)
Other conditions (%)	31 (14%)	17 (13%)	2 (4%)	12 (27%)