Cognizance and Perception of Physiotherapy Intervention in Attention-Defcit/Hyperactivity Disorder Amongst Clinical Physiotherapy Students in Tertiary Institution, Nigeria.
This study examines the cognizance and perception of physiotherapy intervention in ADHD amongst clinical physiotherapy students in a tertiary institution and, also, determines the relationship of the study variables on the sociology-demographic characteristics. This study is a cross-sectional survey...
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Kabale University
2024
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/2347 |
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| Summary: | This study examines the cognizance and perception of physiotherapy intervention in ADHD amongst clinical physiotherapy students in a tertiary institution and, also, determines the relationship of the study variables on the sociology-demographic characteristics. This study is a cross-sectional survey and employed a convenient sampling technique to recruit 137 respondents. A cognizance and perception questionnaire was used as the survey instrument to obtain data. Descriptive statistics of frequency, mean, and standard deviation were used to analyse the socio-demographic characteristics. Spearman rank correlation was used to analyse the relationship amongst the variables of cognizance of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (COG-ADHD), perception of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (PERCEP-ADHD), cognizance of physiotherapy intervention (COG-PT_ITV), and perception of physiotherapy intervention (PERCEP-PT_ITV). The Mann-Whitney U test was used to test the infuence of sociology-demographic characteristics of age and the level of study on the cognizance and perception of ADHD. Variables having a p-value<0.05 were considered statistically signifcant. The majority of the respondents (63.5%) had high cognizance of physiotherapy intervention for ADHD, while the majority of the respondents (60.6%) had a fair perception of physiotherapy intervention for ADHD. A signifcant proportion of respondents (26.3%) had no source of information on ADHD before the study. Cognizance of ADHD signifcantly correlated with perception of ADHD, ADHD, perception of physiotherapy intervention in ADHD, and cognizance of physiotherapy intervention in ADHD. There were signifcant positive correlations between gender and cognizance of physiotherapy intervention in ADHD and between the level of study and perception of ADHD.
Conclusion Respondent’s perception of physiotherapy intervention in ADHD was relatively low; in contrast, their cognizance was relatively satisfactory. Strengthening their cognizance and perception is paramount. |
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