A Probe Into Practice of the Short Wave Diathermy (SWD) Application in Private Physiotherapy Clinics: a Survey From Ethical Practice & Safety Perspective.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 49
- 主要终点
- SELF REPORT FORM
研究概览
简要总结
Various national & international bodies like FDA, CSP has laid down the guidelines for the reasonable use of SWD electro therapeutic agent (EPA) ensuring safety & effectiveness.
However, it remains uncertain, whether the practicing physiotherapists are aware of the very existence of this guidelines and implementing them in daily practice. Any lack of knowledge about this background can endanger the patient safety leading to serious health hazards.
In the present survey, 49 physiotherapy practitioners were interviewed with a self-report measure to investigate their knowledge base, mode of application of SWD (6 items) & the awareness about recommended guidelines (5 items) etc.
详细描述
Study design: cross sectional survey design with the use of a self-report form to record the participant's views was used. Sampling frame consisted of physiotherapists working in private clinics in sub-urban area of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Institutional ethic committee of Terna Physiotherapy College granted permission to conduct this survey. The self-report forms were coded in order to conceal the identity of the therapist.
In this survey 49 physiotherapists were interviewed with a self-report form consisting of total 23 item. In the initial section of this survey form a general information was collected regarding years of experience (1 item), Types of condition treated (1 item), No of patients treated (item 1) Duration of onset (item 1) & the type of modality used (item 1). Specific items interrogating therapist's knowledge about the EMF generating modality were designed to retrieve the information about dosage prescription (7 item), acquaintance with recommended guidelines & indications (item 5), years of experience with that particular modality (item1), Any kind of side effects observed (item 1), any action taken for the same (item 2), referring personnel for recommending this modality (item 1), overall therapist's experience with the effectiveness of this modality (item1).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 25 Years 至 60 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Private physical therapists practitioners
排除标准
- •Who were volunteering to participate
结局指标
主要结局
SELF REPORT FORM
时间窗: ONE DAY. 15 MINUTES
This 23 item form was prepared after the extensive discussion with the panel of experts. In the initial section of this survey form a general information was collected regarding years of experience (1 item), Types of condition treated (1 item), No of patients treated (item 1) Duration of onset (item 1) \& the type of modality used (item 1). Specific items interrogating therapist's knowledge about the EMF generating modality were designed to retrieve the information about dosage prescription (7 item), acquaintance with recommended guidelines \& indications (item 5), years of experience with that particular modality (item1), Any kind of side effects observed (item 1), any action taken for the same (item 2), referring personnel for recommending this modality (item 1), overall therapist's experience with the effectiveness of this modality (item1).
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
DR. SWATI MESHRAM
ASSO. PROF
TPCT's Terna College of Physiotherapy