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Results suggested that admission outcomes were poorly predicted by socio-demographic factors considered in the current study, and admission test contents did not seem to influence the socio-demographic profile of candidates admitted to a Bachelor of Physiotherapy Programme.
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Introduction: The influence of socio-demographic variables on admission to a Bachelor of Physiotherapy Programme is adebated topic. The study investigated the socio-demographic predictors of admission test success and scores for a Bachelorof Physiotherapy Programme. Moreover, the study assessed the effects of different proportions of logical reasoning (LR) andscientific knowledge (SK) questions on the distribution of socio-demographic variables of admitted candidates.Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted on applicants to the Bachelor of Physiotherapy Programme at HumanitasUniversity, Milan, Italy, from 2016 to 2023. Logistic and linear regression models were used to investigate socio-demographicpredictors of admission and test scores. Logistic regression model and chi-square test were used to investigate socio-demographicpredictors and their distribution in admitted candidates of 3 cohorts selected with a different proportion of logical reasoning (LR) and scientific knowledge (SK) questions.Results: High-school type, gender, and geographic origin were socio-demographic predictors of the Bachelor of PhysiotherapyProgramme test success (pseudo-R² = 0.06) and total score (R² = 0.13). A higher proportion of candidates who attended ascientific high school and males were found among admitted applicants, regardless of the proportion of LR and SK questions.Discussion: Socio-demographic predictors of admission to the Bachelor of Physiotherapy Programme were identified, but thesepredictors marginally improved the model fitting or explained a small portion of the variance. These results suggested that admission outcomes were poorly predicted by socio-demographic factors considered in the current study. Admission test contents did not seem to influence the socio-demographic profile of candidates admitted to a Bachelor of Physiotherapy Programme.
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@article{Martino2026Socio,
title = {Socio-demographic predictors of admission to Bachelor of Physiotherapy Programme: a retrospective cohort study},
author = {Emanuela Elsa De Martino and Federico Temporiti and Paola Adamo and Luca Timoniere and Pietro Avanzini and Roberto Gatti},
journal = {Archives of Physiotherapy},
year = {2026},
doi = {10.33393/aop.2026.3573},
url = {https://doi.org/10.33393/aop.2026.3573}
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