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Table 1 Characteristics of the participants (focus groups, n = 58). – -

From: Physical activity promotion in daily exercise therapy: the perspectives of exercise therapists in German rehabilitation settings

 

Total

Orthopaedics (back pain)

Orthopaedics

(THR, TKR)*

Neurology

Oncology

Addiction

Psychosomatics

n

M (Range SD)

n

M (Range SD)

n

M (Range SD)

n

M (Range SD)

n

M (Range SD)

n

M (Range SD)

n

M (Range SD)

Characteristic

Number of participants

58

 

11

 

10

 

9

 

8

 

10

 

10

 

Form of carea

 Inpatient

47

 

5

 

8

 

9

 

7

 

9

 

9

 

 Outpatient

29

 

9

 

8

 

3

 

2

 

1

 

6

 

Age (in years)

 

45 (28–1 ± 10)

 

44 (28–58 ± 12)

 

50 (39–57 ± 7)

 

45 (34–53 ± 6)

 

44 (28–56 ± 11)

 

45 (28–58 ± 10)

 

43 (30–60 ± 10)

Gender

 Female

24

 

6

 

5

 

1

 

4

 

4

 

4

 

 Male

34

 

5

 

5

 

8

 

4

 

6

 

6

 

Head of exercise therapy department

 Yes

50

 

8

 

9

 

9

 

8

 

8

 

8

 

 Nob

8

 

3

 

1

     

2

 

2

 

Educational background

 Physiotherapy

22

 

4

 

6

 

5

 

3

 

1

 

3

 

 Exercise therapyc / sport science

38

 

8

 

5

 

5

 

5

 

8

 

7

 

 Other

12

 

1

 

4

 

2

 

–

 

3

 

2

 

Professional experience (in years)

 Educational background in physiotherapy

 

21 (4–35 ± 9)

 

24 (8–35 ± 12)

 

22 (18–31 ± 5)

 

23 (19–28 ± 3)

 

26 (18–34 ± 8)

 

5–

 

13 (4–24 ± 10)

 Educational background in exercise therapy / sport science

 

17 (2–39 ± 10)

 

18 (3–39 ± 13)

 

19 (2–35 ± 14)

 

14 (5–22 ± 8)

 

11 (2–28 ± 12)

 

18 (6–31 ± 8)

 

19 (10–34 ± 9)

  1. Notes. (THR, TKR)* = total hip replacement, total knee replacement; amultiple answers possible; bwere sent to represent the head of the department; cin Germany, this refers to the education of Sport und Bewegungstherapie