Research Article
Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy in Acute Stroke: Do Rural Patients Receive Less Therapy?
Table 3
Comparing frequency and duration of OT and PT sessions against type of session and hospital/s.
| | Hospital/s | Rural (363) | Metropolitan (378) | Total (741) | value |
| | Occupational therapy sessions | | | | | | Frequency of direct sessions: (%) | 715 (38.2%) | 374 (32.5%) | 1089 (36%) | 0.0014 | | Direct sessions per patient: mean | 1.46 | 0.74 | 1.47 | | | Frequency of indirect sessions: (%) | 1156 (61.8%) | 778 (67.5%) | 1934 (64%) | 0.001 | | Indirect sessions per patient: mean | 2.32 | 1.55 | 2.61 | | | Direct sessions in minutes: mean (SD) | 39.0 (20.3) | 36.7 (20.9) | 38.3 (20.5) | 0.001 | | Indirect sessions in minutes: mean (SD) | 14.6 (8.8) | 15.2 (11.5) | 14.8 (10) | 0.022 |
| | Physiotherapy sessions | | | | | | Frequency of direct sessions: (%) | 1207 (73.1%) | 1489 (49.5%) | 2696 (57.8%) | >0.000 | | Direct sessions per patient: mean | 2.42 | 2.96 | 3.64 | | | Frequency of indirect sessions: (%) | 445 (26.9%) | 1522 (50.6%) | 1967 (42.2%) | >0.000 | | Indirect sessions per patient: mean | 0.89 | 3.03 | 2.65 | | | Direct sessions in minutes: mean (SD) | 37.1 (15.5) | 30.7 (12.2) | 33.5 (14.1) | >0.000 | | Indirect sessions in minutes: mean (SD) | 8.9 (4.6) | 9.3 (5.3) | 9.2 (5.1) | 0.001 |
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SD: standard deviation; statistically significant.
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