Geriatric and gerontological physiotherapy in focus: a cross-sectional survey of education, clinical practice, and service availability across world physiotherapy member nations

Table 2 Bivariate binary logistic regression showing predictors of geriatric physiotherapy availability in public hospitals in some WPMNs

Variable	Model x²	Nagelkerke R²	Odds Ratio	95% CI	p-value	Overall CS (%)
Educational programme and training
GPT content in entry-level curriculum	0.46	0.01	0.70	0.25, 2.00	0.498	54.2
Entry-level GPT-focused clinical placement or internship	0.16	0.01	1.30	0.36, 4.68	0.688	68.8
GPT content in the graduate academic programme	8.28†	0.22	11.67	1.37, 99.29	0.025*	68.8
GPT graduate clinical specialisation/residency	21.35†	0.43	22.50	4.39, 115.37	< 0.001*	72.2
Physiotherapy practice factor
GPT availability in Practice Act	23.71	0.40	22.00	4.52, 107.17	< 0.001*	75.8
GPT direct access/first contact status	1.38	0.03	1.80	0.67, 4.79	0.242	57.6
Cost of one GPT session	33.17†	0.52	1.07	1.03, 1.10	< 0.001*	79.1
Geriatric physiotherapists’ entry-level monthly salary	24.66†	0.41	1.00	1.00, 1.00	< 0.001*	82.1
Health insurance coverage of GPT services	1.45	0.03	1.90	0.66, 5.46	0.232	57.9
Availability of national GPT special interest group	28.78	0.48	21.94	5.89, 81.75	< 0.001*	81.5
GPT regional (continent) special interest group	6.48†	0.13	6.36	1.26, 32.08	0.025*	61.3
Older-adults-physiotherapists population ratio	30.64†	0.49	0.99	0.99, 0.99	0.001*	79.1
Socioeconomic factors
Life expectancy	27.22†	0.45	1.26	1.12, 1.41	< 0.001*	80.6
Human Development Index	45.55†	0.63	1.06e + 08	5.84e + 04, 3.70e + 12	< 0.001*	86.6
Gross National Income per Capita	40.02†	0.62	1.00	1.00, 1.00	0.001*	79.7

† = x² was significant at p < 0.05. * = Odds Ratio was significant at p < 0.05. CS = classification success. GPT = Geriatric/gerontological Physiotherapy

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