Attitudes Towards Disability of Nursing and Physiotherapy Students

The general objective of this study is to know the attitude towards people with disability of Nursing and Physiotherapy students in the University of Cadiz. This is a descriptive, correlational, transversal and synchronous study.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Disability Physical; Disabilities Multiple; Disability, Intellectual; Disability Hearing; Disability, Vision
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: 'Attitudes towards people with disability Scale'

Detailed Description

Attitudes determine our behaviour to some extent. Health professionals should have a global perspective of disability. They must provide treatment to people with disability and care for them, but also should accept them with no judgements or discrimination. The general objective of this study is to know the attitude towards people with disability of Nursing and Physiotherapy students in the University of Cadiz. Method: This is a descriptive, correlational, transversal and synchronous study. A total of 200 students participate in the study (91 from the Bachelor's Degree in Nursing and 109 from the Bachelor's Degree in Physiotherapy). The 'Attitudes towards people with disability Scale' was used.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 200

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Spain
  • Cadiz, Spain, 11009
    • University of Cádiz

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 21 years to 60 years (ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Students enrolled in the Physiotherapy or Nursing Bachelor´s Degree of the University of Cadiz during the academic year of 2017/2018

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Students from the Physiotherapy Bachelor´s Degree of the university of Cadiz
• Students from the Nursing Bachelor´s Degree of the university of Cadiz, Campus of Jerez de la Frontera and Cadiz

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Physiotherapy students; Students enrolled in the Physiotherapy Bachelor´s Degree of the University of Cadiz, Spain	Other: 'Attitudes towards people with disability Scale'; The scale 'Attitudes towards people with disability' was completed by the participants. This scale allows the analysis of the attitudes towards disability trough a score whose lower values indicate a more negative attitude and higher values indicate more positive attitudes.
Nursing students; Students enrolled in the Nursing Bachelor´s Degree of the University of Cadiz, Spain	Other: 'Attitudes towards people with disability Scale'; The scale 'Attitudes towards people with disability' was completed by the participants. This scale allows the analysis of the attitudes towards disability trough a score whose lower values indicate a more negative attitude and higher values indicate more positive attitudes.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Attitude towards disability	The 'Attitudes towards people with disabilities scale' (G form) is the assessment tool used (Verdugo M., Jenaro C. y Arias B., 1994) to assess the attitude that students from Physiotherapy and Nursing in the University of Cadiz have. This scale allows the analysis of the attitudes towards disability trough a score whose lower values indicate a more negative attitude and higher values indicate more positive attitudes.	Through study completion, an average of 11 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Extremadura
• Collaborators: University of Cadiz

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): September 1, 2017
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): July 30, 2018
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): July 30, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 30, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 30, 2020
• First Posted (ACTUAL): August 4, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): August 4, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 30, 2020
• Last Verified: July 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Nursing students; Disability; Attitude; Physiotherapy students
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Nervous System Diseases; Eye Diseases; Neurologic Manifestations; Neurobehavioral Manifestations; Sensation Disorders; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Intellectual Disability; Vision Disorders
• Other Study ID Numbers: POR-2017

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No