| The effect of a physiotherapy education compared with a non-healthcare education on the attitudes and beliefs of students towards functioning in individuals with back pain: an observational, cross-sectional study. | |
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PMID: 20420961 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVES: To investigate the difference in attitudes: (1) between first and fourth year physiotherapy students towards functioning in individuals with back pain; and (2) between physiotherapy students and non-healthcare students towards functioning in individuals with back pain. DESIGN: Observational, cross-sectional study. SETTING: Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, UK. PARTICIPANTS: First year physiotherapy (n=61) and non-healthcare students (n=61), and fourth year physiotherapy (n=62) and non-healthcare students (n=62). MAIN OUTCOMES: All participants completed the Health Care Providers' Pain and Impairment Relationship Scale (range 15 to 105). This questionnaire measures attitudes towards functioning in individuals with back pain. RESULTS: Fourth year physiotherapy students had more positive attitudes towards functioning in individuals with back pain than first year physiotherapy students [57.4 vs 66.6 (mean difference -9.2, 95% confidence interval -12.2 to -6.1, P<0.01)]. Similarly, fourth year non-healthcare students had more positive attitudes towards functioning in individuals with back pain compared with first year non-healthcare students [69.2 vs 65.3 (mean difference -3.9, 95% confidence interval -7.2 to -0.5, P=0.03)]. Physiotherapy students had more positive attitudes than non-healthcare students in the first year [66.6 vs 69.2 (mean difference -2.6, 95% confidence interval -5.5 to 0.4, P=0.08)] and the fourth year [57.4 vs 65.3 (mean difference -7.9, 95% confidence interval -11.4 to -4.4, P<0.01)] of study. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that physiotherapy education brings about positive student attitudes towards functioning in individuals with back pain. This may be partly attributable to receiving a university degree education, but would appear to be further enhanced by specifically receiving a physiotherapy degree. This may facilitate students to become more evidence-based practitioners following qualification. |
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Authors:
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Cormac Ryan; Dervla Murphy; Michael Clark; Andrew Lee |
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2010-01-20 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Physiotherapy Volume: 96 ISSN: 1873-1465 ISO Abbreviation: Physiotherapy Publication Date: 2010 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-04-27 Completed Date: 2010-07-15 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0401223 Medline TA: Physiotherapy Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 144-50 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright 2009 Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
Affiliation:
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School of Health and Social Care, Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow G4 0BA, UK. cormac.ryan@gcal.ac.uk |
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Adult Back Pain* Cross-Sectional Studies Female Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice* Humans Male Physical Therapy Modalities / education* Students |
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