| Website Use for Patient Education | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%Total) | Yes | No | χ2 P-Value |
|
| Frequency (%) | ||||
| Education Means | ||||
| Consultations with | ||||
| Consultant | 151(80) | 65(86) | 86(75) | 0.091 |
| Trainee | 115(61) | 54(71) | 61(54) | 0.015* |
| GPwSIR | 35(18) | 17(22) | 18(16) | 0.250 |
| Specialist Nurse | 157(83) | 65(86) | 92(81) | 0.392 |
| Physical Therapist | 124(65) | 60(79) | 64(56) | 0.001* |
| Occupational Therapist | 106(56) | 53(70) | 53(47) | 0.002* |
| Podiatrist | 84(44) | 43(57) | 41(36) | 0.005* |
| Written Information | ||||
| Arthritis Research UK | 156(82) | 71(93) | 85(75) | <0.001* |
| Arthritis Care | 72(38) | 33(43) | 39(34) | 0.200 |
| Another source | 77(41) | 39(51) | 38(33) | 0.013* |
| Barriers to Education | ||||
| Insufficient resources for education groups | 114(60) | 52(68) | 62(54) | 0.054* |
| Poor access to computers | 68(36) | 28(37) | 40(35) | 0.811 |
| Inconvenient time for patients | 61(32) | 23(30) | 38(33) | 0.664 |
| Lack of suitable venues for education | 55(29) | 22(29) | 33(29) | 1.000 |
| Inconvenient place for patients | 41(22) | 15(20) | 26(23) | 0.611 |
| Lack of perceived need | 48(25) | 13(17) | 35(31) | 0.035* |
| Reading or writing difficulty for patients | 55(29) | 27(36) | 28(25) | 0.105 |