Table 2

Patient, carer, and treating physiotherapist preferences for home or hospital physiotherapy

	Responses	Home better	Hosp better	Either^2-150	Neither^2-151	Home advantage^2-152	95% CI	McNemar X²	p Value
Patient:
Benefit		40	13	14	12	1	−0.025	−0.267	0.04	0.85
Benefit								+0.221
Preference		40	17	12	10	1	+0.125	−0.135	0.86	0.35
Preference								+0.366
Carer:
Benefit		38	14	12	10	2	+0.053	−0.202	0.15	0.69
Benefit								+0.299
Preference		38	17	4	16	1	+0.342	+0.116	8.05	0.005
Preference								+0.526
Physiotherapist:
Benefit		40	11	5	20	4	+0.150	−0.049	2.25	0.13
Benefit								+0.334

↵2-150 Either=equal benefit in either situation.
↵2-151 Neither=no benefit in either.
↵2-152 Estimated advantage of home compared to hospital in first line is (13-14)/40=−0.025 (thus negative sign=home slightly less good than hospital for this outcome).