Influence of physical therapists' characteristics on preference scores (sub-group analysis)
low back pain
ADHESIVE CAPSULITIS
Physical therapists’ characteristics did not influence their willingness to follow recommendations that were negatively (vs. positively) framed or provided more (vs. less) detail. Willingness to follow recommendations with alternatives to low-value care was lower among physical therapists with less than 10 years of experience (0.7 vs. overall sample 1.3) and those who were not familiar with the recommendations (0.6 vs. overall sample 1.3). Willingness to follow qualified (‘avoid’, ‘don't routinely’) recommendations was lower among physical therapists working outside the private sector and those who had less than 10 years of experience, and higher among non-musculoskeletal physical therapists, with marginal effects on preference scores of −0.8, −0.5 and 0.6 (respectively) (Willingness to follow recommendations to avoid imaging for non-specific low back pain (Type 1), electrotherapy for low back pain (Type 2) and manual therapy for adhesive capsulitis (Type 5) was lower among physical therapists working outside of musculoskeletal healthcare compared to the overall sample, with marginal effects on preference scores of 2.6 (95% CI: 1.2 to 4.0) vs 3.9 (95% CI: 2.7 to 5.0), 1.7 (95% CI: 0.3 to 3.2) vs. 3.8 (95% CI: 2.6 to 5.0) and −0.6 (95% CI: −2.1 to 0.8) vs. 0.3 (95% CI: −0.9 to 1.6), respectively (