Examining the Attitudes of Physiotherapists on Patient Psychology

Examining the Attitudes of Physiotherapists on Patient Psychology: the Use of Psychology Methods and Psychology Education.

To examine the psychology methods used by physiotherapists on patient psychology and to investigate their attitudes about psychology education.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Psychology, Social; Psychological
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Survey

Detailed Description

The answers will be collected by asking questions to the participants with an online survey. The scales and surveys to be used are as follows:

• Working Alliance Inventory (Therapeutic Alliance Scale)
• Attitude Towards Psychiatry-30 Scale
• Questionnaires prepared by the researcher.

surveys will be sent to the participants via e-mail or phone message applications.The obtained data will be analyzed statistically.

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

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Istanbul, Turkey
    • Uskudar university

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

active physiotherapists

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being a physiotherapist
• Having access to a computer/tablet/phone and internet
• To have accepted the voluntary consent form that requires participation in the survey study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Those who do not meet the participation criteria
• Those who do not approve the voluntary consent form

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Working Alliance Inventory	The therapeutic alliance is an important concept that expresses the cooperation and relationship between the therapist and the patient. This alliance includes such elements as trust, mutual understanding, openness and cooperation in the therapy process. This scale can be used to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the therapeutic relationship and to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions. The total score of the BR-WAI is calculated by adding up all of the items. Reverse items, 4, 8, 12, 16, are scored inversely: (5=1) (4=2) (2=4) (1=5). A higher score represents a stronger alliance. A subscale score for Bonds is calculated by adding questions: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15. A subscale score for Tasks and Goals is calculated by adding questions: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16.	1 day
Attitude Towards Psychiatry-30 Scale	It is a scale for attitudes in psychiatry and consists of 30 items. This scale is used among medical students, physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals working in psychiatry. The Attitude Towards Psychiatry-30 is designed to assess attitudes about psychiatric diseases and their treatments. These attitudes cover topics such as what psychiatric illnesses are, treatment methods, and how people with psychiatric illness should be treated.Attitude Towards Psychiatry-30 is used in psychiatric healthcare in many countries.ATP-30 focuses on attitudes and views of psychiatry with 30 questions. There are 5 choices for each question: strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, and strongly disagree. It contains 30 Likert-scale items, 5 means strongly agree and 1 means strongly disagree.	1 day

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Uskudar University
• Investigators: Study Chair: Lobana chiah, Uskudar university

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• DeVahl JM, Mulligan EP, Simpkins SD, Hynan LS. Physical Therapists' Perspectives on Lifelong Learning. J Allied Health. 2020 Fall;49(3):215-220.
• da Silva TM, Costa Lda C, Garcia AN, Costa LO. What do physical therapists think about evidence-based practice? A systematic review. Man Ther. 2015 Jun;20(3):388-401. doi: 10.1016/j.math.2014.10.009. Epub 2014 Oct 24.
• Lonsdale C, Hall AM, Williams GC, McDonough SM, Ntoumanis N, Murray A, Hurley DA. Communication style and exercise compliance in physiotherapy (CONNECT): a cluster randomized controlled trial to test a theory-based intervention to increase chronic low back pain patients' adherence to physiotherapists' recommendations: study rationale, design, and methods. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2012 Jun 15;13:104. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-13-104.
• Nicholls DA, Gibson BE. Physiotherapy as a complex assemblage of concepts, ideas and practices. Physiother Theory Pract. 2012 Aug;28(6):418-9. doi: 10.3109/09593985.2012.692557. No abstract available.
• Lancelott-Redfern C, Quinlan K. A physiotherapist's life. Br Dent J. 2014 Jun 13;216(11):610-1. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2014.464. No abstract available.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 1, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): December 6, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 18, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 18, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): August 24, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): December 7, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 6, 2023
• Last Verified: December 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: attitude; physiotherapist
• Other Study ID Numbers: Uskudar51

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