Cognizance and perception of physiotherapy intervention in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder amongst clinical physiotherapy students in tertiary institution, Nigeria

Autor: Uchenna Prosper Okonkwo, Joy Chinazaekpere Nwose, Christopher Olusanja Akosile, Uchechukwu Martha Chukwuemeka, Ahaoma Victor Mbanuzuru, Emeka Sylvester Igwe, Christiana Nkiru Okafor, Joseph Onuuwa Ummunah
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Bulletin of Faculty of Physical Therapy, Vol 29, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2536-9660
DOI: 10.1186/s43161-024-00174-x
Popis: Abstract Background 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 socio-demographic characteristics. Methods 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 influence of socio-demographic characteristics of age and the level of study on the cognizance and perception of ADHD. Variables having a p-value
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