Original Research Article
Year: 2022 | Month: April | Volume: 12 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 70-77
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20220408
To Check the Awareness about the Role of Physiotherapy in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Survey Study
Trupti Siddapur1, Pramod J. Palekar2, Tushar Palekar3, Alisha Kalthe4, Gayatri Kamble5, Pooja Kamble6
1Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Dr. D.Y. Patil College of Physiotherapy, Pune.
2Associate Professor, Department of Electrotherapy, Dr. D.Y. Patil College of Physiotherapy, Pune.
3Principal, Dr. D.Y. Patil College of Physiotherapy, Pune.
4Intern, Dr. D.Y. Patil College of Physiotherapy, Pune.
5Intern, Dr. D.Y. Patil College of Physiotherapy, Pune.
6Intern, Dr. D.Y. Patil College of Physiotherapy, Pune.
Corresponding Author: Gayatri Kamble
ABSTRACT
Ankylosing Spondylitis belongs to the seronegative group of chronic inflammatory conditions, which predominantly affect the spine, sacroiliac joints, spinal posture, and mobility, it also affects the cardiorespiratory system thus Physical Therapy plays an important role in maintaining good posture and flexibility of the muscles and mobility of the joints. The objective behind the study is to check the awareness about the role of Physiotherapy in Ankylosing spondylitis patients based on a validated self-constructed questionnaire which included closed-ended questions and one open-ended question that were of three different languages (English, Hindi, Marathi) the type of questions was related to symptoms, QoL (Quality of Life), the role of physiotherapy. This was a survey study that included 142 patients diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis, where patients had to fill out online google forms. The responses were then statistically analysed using descriptive statistics. The result was given in percentage, frequency, LCL (lower confidence level), and UCL (upper confidence level) method for each question. The mean percentage of all the correct answers was calculated and the study concluded that 61.72% were aware of their condition and were aware about the role of physiotherapy, but there was uncertainty and myths related to physiotherapy which need to be addressed and clarified.
Key words: self-made questionnaire, Physiotherapy Awareness, HLA-B27 Positive.