|
Changes within practice setting in response to the COVID-19 outbreak
|
|
Increased disinfecting of treatment table/equipment*
|
1942 (94.7%)
|
270 (96.8%)
|
704 (97.2%)
|
131 (85.6%)
|
61 (88.4%)
|
447 (96.1%)
|
301 (91.5%)
|
28 (90.3%)
|
|
Increased disinfecting of high contact areas*
|
1934 (94.3%)
|
264 (94.6%)
|
711 (98.2%)
|
146 (95.4%)
|
57 (82.6%)
|
436 (92.8%)
|
293 (89.1%)
|
27 (87.1%)
|
|
Increased disinfecting/cleaning of my hands*
|
1920 (93.7%)
|
265 (95.0%)
|
704 (97.2%)
|
134 (87.6%)
|
69 (100%)
|
435 (93.5%)
|
289 (87.8%)
|
24 (77.4%)
|
|
Providing patient hand sanitiser*
|
1909 (93.1%)
|
269 (96.4%)
|
724 (95.0%)
|
144 (94.1%)
|
62 (89.9%)
|
449 (96.6%)
|
266 (80.9%)
|
31 (100%)
|
|
Social distance patient seating*
|
1828 (89.2%)
|
246 (88.2%)
|
690 (95.3%)
|
142 (92.8%)
|
40 (58.0%)
|
405 (87.1%)
|
277 (84.2%)
|
28 (90.3%)
|
|
Change spacing patient bookings*
|
1629 (79.5%)
|
186 (66.7%)
|
663 (91.6%)
|
98 (64.1%)
|
23 (33.3%)
|
416 (89.5%)
|
223 (67.8%)
|
20 (64.5%)
|
|
Protective screen added to reception desk*
|
1202 (58.6%)
|
81 (29.0%)
|
549 (75.8%)
|
117 (76.5%)
|
36 (52.2%)
|
270 (58.1%)
|
134 (40.7%)
|
15 (48.4%)
|
|
Care restricted to urgent/emergency cases*
|
805 (39.3%)
|
67 (24.0%)
|
370 (46.0%)
|
75 (49.0%)
|
9 (13.0%)
|
202 (43.4%)
|
73 (22.2%)
|
9 (29.0%)
|
|
Patient care stopped*
|
764 (37.3%)
|
230 (17.6%)
|
351 (48.5%)
|
34 (22.2%)
|
1 (1.4%)
|
246 (52.9%)
|
71 (21.6%)
|
12 (38.7%)
|
|
None of the above
|
10 (0.5%)
|
0 (0.0%)
|
3 (0.4%)
|
0 (0.0%)
|
0 (0.0%)
|
2 (0.4%)
|
4 (1.2%)
|
1 (3.1%)
|
|
Government/regulator advice on practitioner use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in response to COVID-19 (n = 2058)
|
|
Wearing cloth/standard surgical mask*
|
1755 (85.3%)
|
188 (67.4%)
|
670 (92.2%)
|
134 (87.6%)
|
65 (94.2%)
|
407 (87.2%)
|
289 (80.7%)
|
23 (74.2%)
|
|
Wearing face and/or eye shielding*
|
969 (47.1%)
|
23 (8.2%)
|
82 (11.3%)
|
9 (5.9%)
|
31 (44.9%)
|
82 (17.6%)
|
66 (19.9%)
|
8 (25.8%)
|
|
Wearing new disposable gloves during treatment*
|
723 (35.1%)
|
44 (15.8%)
|
90 (12.4%)
|
3 (2.0%)
|
50 (72.5%)
|
440 (94.2%)
|
88 (26.5%)
|
8 (25.8%)
|
|
Wearing protective garments/clothing*
|
673 (32.7%)
|
15 (5.4%)
|
180 (24.8%)
|
0 (0.0%)
|
10 (14.5%)
|
427 (91.4%)
|
39 (11.7%)
|
2 (6.5%)
|
|
Wearing N95 respirator/mask*
|
301 (14.6%)
|
23 (8.2%)
|
82 (11.3%)
|
9 (5.9%)
|
31 (44.9%)
|
82 (17.6%)
|
66 (19.9%)
|
8 (25.8%)
|
|
None of the above were advised*
|
86 (4.1%)
|
46 (16.5%)
|
15 (2.1%)
|
2 (2.9%)
|
2 (2.9%)
|
5 (1.1%)
|
12 (14.1%)
|
23 (74.2%)
|
|
Not sure what was advised*
|
61 (3.0%)
|
23 (13.6%)
|
8 (1.1%)
|
1 (0.7%)
|
1 (1.4%)
|
8 (1.7%)
|
19 (5.7%)
|
1 (3.2%)
|
|
Implementation of advised use of personal protective equipment (PPE) for chiropractors (n = 2025)*
|
|
Yes, all that were advised (when available)
|
1611 (84.8%)
|
150 (58.8%)
|
603 (83.3%)
|
138 (91.4%)
|
64 (97.0%)
|
405 (86.9%)
|
233 (70.2%)
|
18 (58.1%)
|
|
Yes, some of what was advised
|
253 (12.9%)
|
40 (15.8%)
|
93 (12.8%)
|
10 (6.6%)
|
1 (1.5%)
|
48 (10.3%)
|
55 (16.6%)
|
6 (19.4%)
|
|
Never or rarely
|
161 (2.3%)
|
65 (25.5%)
|
28 (3.9%)
|
3 (2.0%)
|
1 (1.5%)
|
13 (2.8%)
|
44 (13.3%)
|
7 (22.6%)
|
|
Government/regulator advice on patient use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in response to COVID-19 (n = 2057)
|
|
Wearing cloth/standard surgical mask*
|
1697 (82.5%)
|
160 (57.8%)
|
649 (89.3%)
|
135 (88.2%)
|
66 (97.1%)
|
380 (81.4%)
|
286 (85.9%)
|
21 (65.6%)
|
|
Wearing face and/or eye shielding*
|
189 (9.2%)
|
11 (4.0%)
|
35 (4.8%)
|
34 (22.2%)
|
42 (60.9%)
|
37 (7.9%)
|
28 (8.4%)
|
2 (6.3%)
|
|
Wearing an N95 respirator/mask*
|
119 (5.8%)
|
10 (3.6%)
|
23 (3.2%)
|
6 (3.9%)
|
31 (44.9%)
|
18 (3.9%)
|
29 (8.7%)
|
2 (6.3%)
|
|
Wearing new disposable gloves during treatment *
|
114 (5.5%)
|
2 (0.7%)
|
14 (1.9%)
|
0 (0.0%)
|
41 (59.4%)
|
42 (9.0%)
|
11 (3.3%)
|
4 (3.5%)
|
|
Wearing protective garments/clothing
|
61 (3.0%)
|
0.0 (0.0%)
|
17 (2.3%)
|
0 (0.0%)
|
3 (4.3%)
|
38 (8.1%)
|
3 (0.9%)
|
0 (0.0%)
|
|
None of the above were advised*
|
209 (10.2%)
|
76 (27.3%)
|
54 (7.4%)
|
7 (4.6%)
|
2 (2.9%)
|
48 (10.3%)
|
14 (4.2%)
|
8 (25.0%)
|
|
Not sure what was advised*
|
94 (4.6%)
|
32 (11.5%)
|
12 (1.7%)
|
1 (0.7%)
|
1 (1.4%)
|
23 (4.9%)
|
24 (7.2%)
|
1 (3.1%)
|
|
Implementation of advised use of personal protective equipment (PPE) for patients (n = 2016)*
|
|
Yes, all that were advised (when available)
|
1524 (75.6%)
|
128 (52.2%)
|
597 (82.2%)
|
138 (91.4%)
|
64 (95.5%)
|
350 (75.6%)
|
230 (69.1%)
|
17 (54.8%)
|
|
Yes, some of what was advised
|
165 (8.2%)
|
24 (9.8%)
|
51(7.0%)
|
5 (3.3%)
|
2 (3.0%)
|
32 (19.4%)
|
47 (14.1%)
|
17 (54.8%)
|
|
Never or rarely
|
327 (16.2%)
|
93 (38.1%)
|
78 (10.7%)
|
8 (5.3%)
|
1 (0.3%)
|
82 (24.8%)
|
56 (16.8%)
|
10 (32.3%)
|
|
Approach to care recommended for patients presenting with COVID-19 or similar flu-like symptoms (n = 2056)*
|
|
Avoid treatment until after testing -ve or after quarantine for at least 2 weeks if + ve
|
1698 (82.6%)
|
239 (86.3%)
|
612 (84.4%)
|
111 (72.5%)
|
60 (87.0%)
|
414 (88.7%)
|
238 (71.5%)
|
24 (75.0%)
|
|
Advise to avoid treatment until after their symptoms passed
|
237 (11.5%)
|
20 (7.2%)
|
87 (12.0%)
|
37 (24.2%)
|
3 (4.3%)
|
40 (8.6%)
|
45 (13.5%)
|
5 (15.6%)
|
|
Provide treatment using additional protective measures
|
90 (4.4%)
|
16 (5.8%)
|
19 (2.6%)
|
4 (2.6%)
|
4 (5.8%)
|
8 (1.7%)
|
39 (11.4%)
|
1 (3.1%)
|
|
Provide treatment without additional protective measures
|
19 (0.9%)
|
1 (0.4%)
|
4 (0.6%)
|
0 (0.0%)
|
2 (2.9%)
|
4 (0.9%)
|
7 (2.1%)
|
1 (3.1%)
|
|
Not sure what to do
|
12 (0.6%)
|
1 (0.4%)
|
3 (0.4%)
|
1 (0.7%)
|
0 (0.0%)
|
1 (0.2%)
|
5 (1.5%)
|
1 (3.1%)
|
|
Use of teleconferencing/telehealth before the COVID-19 outbreak began (n = 2051)*
|
|
Yes
|
107 (5.2%)
|
12 (4.3%)
|
20 (2.8%)
|
9 (5.9%)
|
2 (1.9%)
|
35 (7.5%)
|
28 (8.4%)
|
1 (3.2%)
|
|
Use of teleconferencing/telehealth since the COVID-19 outbreak began (n = 1947)*
|
|
Yes
|
515 (26.5%)
|
33 (12.4%)
|
176 (25.0%)
|
24 (16.7%)
|
1 (1.5%)
|
196 (45.4%)
|
76 (25.0%)
|
9 (29.0%)
|
|
Percentage of patient consultations provided through teleconferencing during the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak (n = 621)*
|
|
More than 75%
|
157 (25.2%)
|
3 (6.7%)
|
39 (20.0%)
|
4 (12.1%)
|
1 (33.3%)
|
35 (7.5%)
|
28 (8.4%)
|
2 (20.0%)
|
|
Between 50–75%
|
19 (2.9%)
|
1 (5.6%)
|
5 (2.8%)
|
0 (0.0%)
|
0 (0.0%)
|
7 (3.0%)
|
5 (4.8%)
|
0 (0.0%)
|
|
Between 25–50%
|
29 (4.7%)
|
2 (4.4%)
|
7 (3.6%)
|
2 (6.1%)
|
1 (33.3%)
|
8 (3.5%)
|
9 (8.7%)
|
0 (0.0%)
|
|
Between 1–25%
|
263 (42.4%)
|
34 (75.6%)
|
105 (53.8%)
|
23 (69.7%)
|
1 (33.3%)
|
52 (22.5%)
|
45 (43.3%)
|
3 (30.0%)
|
|
Not in practise during peak
|
154 (24.8%)
|
5 (11.1%)
|
39 (20.0%)
|
4 (12.1%)
|
0 (0.0%)
|
84 (36.4%)
|
17 (16.3%)
|
5 (50.0%)
|
|
A lack of third-party financial funding as barrier to the use of teleconferencing during COVID-19 (n = 2042)*
|
|
No
|
1154 (56.6%)
|
160 (57.8%)
|
468 (65.3%)
|
129 (84.9%)
|
52 (75.4%)
|
156 (33.5%)
|
174 (52.7%)
|
15 (46.9%)
|
|
Yes
|
328 (16.1%)
|
56 (20.2%)
|
113 (15.8%)
|
14 (9.2%)
|
4 (5.8%)
|
48 (10.3%)
|
90 (27.4%)
|
3 (9.4%)
|
|
Not relevant (all care is fully patient funded)
|
560 (20.6%)
|
61 (10.9%)
|
136 (19.0%)
|
9 (5.9%)
|
13 (18.8%)
|
261 (56.1%)
|
66 (20.0%)
|
14 (43.3%)
|
|
Independent guidelines needed for public health procedures for manual therapy practitioners (n = 2053)*
|
|
No, same guidelines for all healthcare practitioners
|
936 (45.6%)
|
103 (37.1%)
|
332 (45.8%)
|
88 (58.3%)
|
51 (75.0%)
|
176 (37.7%)
|
175 (52.7%)
|
11 (34.4%)
|
|
Yes
|
848 (41.3%)
|
138 (49.6%)
|
276 (38.1%)
|
51 (33.8%)
|
15 (22.1%)
|
240 (51.4%)
|
113 (34.0%)
|
15 (46.9%)
|
|
Unsure
|
269 (13.1%)
|
37 (13.3%)
|
117 (16.1%)
|
12 (7.9%)
|
2 (2.9%)
|
51 (10.9%)
|
44 (13.3%)
|
6 (18.8%)
|
