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 2

Median and interquartile range (IQR) preference rating for each of the five communication modalities (0 lowest, 10 highest).

	All participants; ()	Musculoskeletal physical therapy clinic; ()	Screening clinic and multidisciplinary service; ()	Aquatic physical therapy; ()
	Median; (IQR)	Median; (IQR)	Median; (IQR)	Median; (IQR)
Printed materials	7 (4–10)	6 (3–10)	7 (5–10)	8 (5.5–10)
Telephone	5 (0–7)	5 (0–7)	4.5 (0–7)	5 (0–8.5)
Email	5 (0–9)	5 (0–9)	4.5 (0–8)	3 (0–9)
SMS (texting)	1 (0–5)	1 (0–7)	2 (0–5)	0 (0–5)
Social network private messages	0 (0–2)	0 (0–2)	0 (0–2)	0 (0–0)