Attitude of physiotherapists toward electronic health record in Croatia

Table 4 Satisfaction in the work of physiotherapists using the computers and necessity of computers in the work of physiotherapists in relation to gender, age, level of education and type of health care institution

	Satisfaction in the work of physiotherapists using the computers				Necessity of computers in the work of physiotherapists
	N	x ± SD	F	p	N	x ± SD	F	p
Gender
Female	194	23.0 ± 7.0		<0.001	194	10.0 ± 2.0		0.035
Male	73	27.0 ± 6.0		<0.001	73	11.0 ± 2.0		0.035
Age /years
20–25	35	26.0 ± 7.0	1.6	0.160	35	11.0 ± 2.0	6.0	<0.001^*
26–35	73	25.0 ± 6.0			73	11.0 ± 2.0
36–45	58	24.0 ± 7.0			58	10.0 ± 2.0
46–55	73	22.0 ± 7.0			73	9.0 ± 3.0
56–65	28	25.0 ± 8.0			28	10.0 ± 3.0
Level of education
Secon.school	80	23.0 ± 7.0	1.1	0.327	80	9.0 ± 2.0	7.5	<0.001^**
Bachel. deg.	161	24.0 ± 6.0			161	10.0 ± 2.0
Univer. deg	26	25.0 ± 8.0			26	11.0 ± 2.0
Type of health care institution
CHC	64	24.9 ± 8.0	1.5	0.227	64	10.1 ± 3.0	5.7	<0.001^***
CH	57	23.3 ± 7.0			57	11.1 ± 2.0
GH	110	24.5 ± 7.4			110	10.0 ± 2.9
SH	36	26.6 ± 6.0			36	12.0 ± 1.6

^*Post-hoc test showed that physiotherapists aged 46–55 had different attitude towards the necessity of computers than physiotherapists aged 20–25 (p < 0.005), 26–35 (p < 0.001) or 36–45 (p = 0.003)
^**The post hoc test showed that physiotherapists with secondary school had different opinion about the necessity of computers compared to physiotherapists with bachelor’s degree (p = 0.009) or university degree (p = 0.002)
^***The post hoc test showed differences in attitude towards the necessity of computers between physiotherapists working in the GH and physiotherapists working in the CH (p = 0.021) or in the SH (p = 0.003) and between physiotherapists working in the CHC and physiotherapists working in the SH (p = 0.037)

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