Since its inception, Survey A has been sent eight times, with 85 physiotherapists responding (response rate = 49.7%). Since its inception, Survey B has been sent five times, with 48 physiotherapists responding one-year post-program (response rate = 50,0%) and 40 physiotherapists responding two-years post-program (response rate = 45.5%).
Respondents’ characteristics: All respondents were female. In surveys A, B one-year after, and B two-years after, 64%, 57%, and 43% of respondents, respectively, had an age profile between 25 and 29 years, and 24%, 26%, and 45% were between 30 and 34 years. At the time of surveys A, B one-year after, and B two-years after, 67%, 77% and 78% of respondents, respectively, reported having a master's degree in physiotherapy. At the time of surveys A, B one-year after, and survey B two-years after, 79%, 92% and 77% of respondents, respectively, reported working in private practice, and 24%, 17% and 23% worked in public hospitals.
Survey A: Most respondents were “very satisfied” or “satisfied” with the training they received to treat the different types of PFP clients: adult females (satisfaction rate = 99%), adult males (94%), obstetrics (93%), geriatrics (90%) and pediatrics (87%). Most respondents were also satisfied with the program to treat the following PFP conditions: urinary incontinence (100%), fecal incontinence (96%), pelvic organ prolapse (91%) and perineal pain (86%). Furthermore, most were satisfied with skill development, such as clinical assessment (100%), clinical reasoning (97%), treatment plan implementation (99%), and patient education (100%).
Respondents surveyed a few months after the end of the program retrospectively reported on the proportions of their clinical practice devoted to PFP clients (as a % of their total caseload), which were significantly higher during the program than just before the program (Figure 1).
Survey B: In the one-year and two-year post-program surveys, the percentage of the total caseload and the number of PFP clients per week that physiotherapists report treating at the time of the survey were significantly higher than before and during the program (Figure 2).