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Table 2 Oxygen titrations (testing for needed oxygen dosage) and patients’ free walking distance where the most-recent prescription was set by a physician versus prescription set by an APO2

From: Implementation of an advanced practice role for oxygen prescription by physiotherapists in pulmonary rehabilitation: an explanatory sequential mixed-method quality evaluation

 

APO2

Standard care

p-value

 

n = 535

n = 5848

Oxygen dosage in range of prescription during titration, n (%)

335 (68%)

4492 (86%)

< 0.001

Saturation in target range during titration, n (%)

255 (56%)

2843 (61%)

0.028

Free walking distance, m

410 (122, 900)

270 (100, 600)

< 0.001

  1. Data are given as n (%) or median (interquartile range)
  2. Free walking distance: Distance a patient can walk until voluntary exhaustion
  3. Pearson’s Chi-squared test; Wilcoxon rank sum test
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BMC Health Services Research

ISSN: 1472-6963

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