Physiotherapists' job satisfaction according to employment situation: Findings from an online survey in Austria.

Background And Purpose: Physiotherapists are commonly working in self-employed, employed, or in combined employed and self-employed work arrangements. This study aimed at examining aspects of job satisfaction and predictors of physiotherapists' overall job satisfaction across those three types of work arrangements.

Methods: Austrian physiotherapists rated their overall job satisfaction as well as the importance and realisation of aspects of job satisfaction in a cross-sectional online survey.

Experiences and attitudes toward scientific research among physiotherapists in Austria: a cross-sectional online survey.

Introduction: Research is important for the development of physiotherapy practice, but several countries have a rather short history of physiotherapy as an academic profession.

Purpose: This study investigated physiotherapists' experiences and attitudes toward scientific research in Austria, where physiotherapists have only been qualifying at bachelor level since 2009.

Methods: A convenience sample of 597 qualified physiotherapists completed an anonymous cross-sectional online survey.