Physiotherapists’ perception of physicians’ referral of patients for physiotherapy in the Nigerian health system

Bulletin of Faculty of Physical Therapy

Table 3 Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis H perception test across different demographic variables

Variable	Class	Mean Rank	U/K	P
Gender	Male	73.77	2677.50	0.30
Gender	Female	81.23
Age (years)	20–29	76.33	5.69	0.75
	30–49	81.65
	40–49	92.40
Level of education	BSc	73.91	1.258	.739
	MSc	80.71
	DPT	66.33
	PhD	82.52
Years of practice	<5	53.60	12.510	.006
	5–10	88.64
	10–15	73.09
	>15	86.53
Area of specialization	Neurology	84.36	6.545	.446
	Orthopedic/sports	76.98
	Geriatrics	85.57
	Cardiopulmonary	72.19
	Women’s health	47.55
	pediatrics	71.79
Place of employment	University/academics	70.56	2.083	.720
	Teaching Hospital/FMC	62.62
	Private Hospital	64.09
	Private physiotherapy clinic/itinerant physio	56.96
	Public specialists	78.90