PMID- 35180867
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220222
LR  - 20220224
IS  - 1472-6963 (Electronic)
IS  - 1472-6963 (Linking)
VI  - 22
IP  - 1
DP  - 2022 Feb 18
TI  - Demographic, practice and clinical management characteristics of osteopaths 
      referring to podiatrists: secondary analysis of a nationally representative 
      sample of Australian osteopaths.
PG  - 224
LID - 10.1186/s12913-022-07520-6 [doi]
LID - 224
AB  - BACKGROUND: Interprofessional care is paramount in contemporary healthcare 
      practice. How different professions interact, and the characteristics of those 
      practitioners who practice in an interprofessional way are rarely described in 
      the literature. The aim of the current work was to identify the demographic, 
      practice and clinical management characteristics of Australian osteopaths who 
      report referring to podiatrists. METHODS: The study was a secondary analysis of 
      data from the Osteopathy Research and Innovation Network (ORION). Inferential 
      statistics were generated to identify statistically significant demographic, 
      practice and clinical management characteristics associated with referrals to 
      podiatrists by Australian osteopaths. RESULTS: Nine-hundred and ninety-two 
      Australian osteopaths responded to the questionnaire. Sending referrals to a 
      podiatrist was reported by 651 participants (65.6%). Female Australian osteopaths 
      were less likely to report referring to podiatrists compared to male osteopaths 
      (OR 0.76, 95%CI 0.59-0.99). Australian osteopaths who reported referring to 
      podiatrists were more likely to report receiving referrals from podiatrists (OR 
      9.75, 95%CI 6.98-13.61), use orthopaedic testing in patient assessment (OR 7.62, 
      95%CI 2.82-20.60), and often treat patients with postural disorders (OR 1.71, 
      95%CI 1.03-2.26), compared to osteopaths who do not refer to podiatrists. 
      CONCLUSION: This study provides initial evidence for the referral relationship 
      between Australian osteopaths and podiatrists. Further work could explore the 
      nature of these referrals, including the complaints resulting in referral and 
      outcomes of care. This information will be useful to those involved in health 
      policy development and the professions advocating for their role in the wider 
      healthcare system.
CI  - (c) 2022. The Author(s).
FAU - Fleischmann, Michael
AU  - Fleischmann M
AD  - College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. 
      michael.flesichmann@vu.edu.au.
AD  - School of Public Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia. 
      michael.flesichmann@vu.edu.au.
FAU - Vaughan, Brett
AU  - Vaughan B
AD  - School of Public Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
AD  - Department of Medical Education, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
AD  - School of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, Lismore, 
      Australia.
FAU - Bird, Adam
AU  - Bird A
AD  - School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, 
      Melbourne, Australia.
FAU - Grace, Sandra
AU  - Grace S
AD  - School of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, Lismore, 
      Australia.
FAU - Fitzgerald, Kylie
AU  - Fitzgerald K
AD  - Department of Medical Education, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
FAU - McLeod, Gopi
AU  - McLeod G
AD  - School of Public Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
AD  - School of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, Lismore, 
      Australia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220218
PL  - England
TA  - BMC Health Serv Res
JT  - BMC health services research
JID - 101088677
SB  - IM
MH  - Australia/epidemiology
MH  - Demography
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Personnel
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - *Osteopathic Physicians
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
PMC - PMC8855537
COIS- The authors report no competing interests in relation to the manuscript.
EDAT- 2022/02/20 06:00
MHDA- 2022/02/23 06:00
PMCR- 2022/02/18
CRDT- 2022/02/19 05:23
PHST- 2020/12/22 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/11/25 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/02/19 05:23 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/02/20 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/02/23 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/02/18 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1186/s12913-022-07520-6 [pii]
AID - 7520 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/s12913-022-07520-6 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Feb 18;22(1):224. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-07520-6.