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Table 2 Existing legislature/professional body regulating physiotherapy practice

From: Physiotherapists’ perception on first contact practice in Nigeria: a cross-sectional survey

Category

Response

Frequency

%

Legislature

 There is legislature

Yes/no

70/2

97.2/2.8

 It defines SOP

Yes/no

68/4

94.4/5.6

 It allows FCP

Yes/no

40/32

55.6/44/4

 It supports PSR

Yes/no

50/22

69.4/30.6

Allows PTs to:

 Assess

Yes/no

70/2

97.2/2.8

 Diagnose

Yes/no

70/2

97.2/2.8

 Treat

Yes/no

71/1

98.6/1.4

 Refer

Yes/no

69/3

95.8/4.2

 Other preventive advise

Yes/no

70/2

97.2/2.8

Professional body

 Allow PSR

Yes/no

68/4

94.4/5.6

Allows PTs to

 Assess

Yes/no

69/3

95.8/4.2

 Diagnose

Yes/no

67/5

93.1/6.9

 Treat

Yes/no

69/3

95.6/4.2

 Refer

Yes/no

65/7

90.3/9.7

 Other preventive advise

Yes/no

68/4

94.4/5.6

  1. Key: PTs physiotherapists, FCP first contact practice, SOP scope of practice, PSR patient self-referral