Original Research Article
Year: 2022 | Month: November | Volume: 12 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 57-61
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20221109
Awareness of Physiotherapy among Higher Secondary Students of Ahmedabad City - A Cross Sectional Study
Mehta Kavisha Divyangkumar1, Dr. T. Kanna Amarnath2
1,2Department of Physiotherapy, Ahmedabad Institute of Medical Sciences College, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India
Corresponding Author: Mehta Kavisha Divyangkuma
ABSTRACT
Background: In the healthcare sector, professions like those of Doctors and Nurses are well known than the other paramedical professions like Physiotherapy. However, the physiotherapist plays a major role in providing health care and it is a highly recognized profession worldwide. Physiotherapists work in a wide-ranging of health settings including Cardio-Pulmonary, Neurological and Orthopedic Conditions, occupational health and Ergonomic factors, sports Injuries and care of the elderly. The aim of this study was to assess the level of awareness about physiotherapy among high school students and to assess the sources form which they could obtain information regarding physiotherapy.
Need Of The Study: When planning one’s future career, it is important to have information about various occupations and professions that are related to his/her field of study. Even though a few people have an idea about their future career pathways in advance, majority of them are uncertain about it. For most people, these plans are usually made during their early and late adolescence. A majority of school children are also unaware about career opportunities open to them and most of them analyse their career prospects by looking at the social status of the occupation of their choice and the opportunities for career development. Students choose physiotherapy as a Optional that after they get don’t enough score to get MBBS and other known field, here need arise to know about the Physiotherapy profession as a Mandatory for every aspects of life process.
Methodology: A survey was implemented in this study. The study was undertaken with the help of a Questionnaire which was distributed to 131 higher secondary students with biology as elective subject.
Result: The overall awareness about physiotherapy was approximately 53.38%. The true answer rates for these questions were 25% and 45.9% respectively. 9.16% of the study population was not aware of treatment methods used in physiotherapy, and 36% did not know when to meet a physiotherapist. 21.37% of students were unaware about the uses of physiotherapy in other disease conditions than sports injuries, mainly in chest conditions like bronchitis (37%).
Conclusion: The students have a moderate awareness about Physiotherapy; the awareness about the role of Physiotherapy in specialties other than orthopaedics is less satisfactory.
Key words: Awareness, High school students, Physiotherapy