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Awareness, Attitude and Expectations of Physiotherapy Students on Telerehabilitation
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Explosion in information technology knowledge and utilization among young people, referred to as digital natives, seems less explored in the health sector and training. This study was aimed to assess awareness, attitude and expectations of physiotherapy students on telereha...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7889412/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33619445 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40670-021-01234-w |
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author | C.E, Mbada T.A., Baderinwa C.T., Sanuade B., Ademoyegun Adekola Fatoye, Clara Maikudi, Laminde Fatoye, Francis |
author_facet | C.E, Mbada T.A., Baderinwa C.T., Sanuade B., Ademoyegun Adekola Fatoye, Clara Maikudi, Laminde Fatoye, Francis |
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description | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Explosion in information technology knowledge and utilization among young people, referred to as digital natives, seems less explored in the health sector and training. This study was aimed to assess awareness, attitude and expectations of physiotherapy students on telerehabilitation. METHODS: This cross-sectional survey employed systematic probability sampling technique to recruit 200 physiotherapy students. A self-developed questionnaire which was tested for its face and content validity was used to obtain data. Data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Alpha level was set at p < 0.05. RESULTS: The mean age of the respondents was 21.2 ± 2.04 years. There was higher prevalence of moderate awareness (43%) and positive attitude towards telerehabilitation (39%). Majority of the respondents (62%) had high expectation towards future telerehabilitation products and services. There was significant association between level of awareness of telerehabilitation and age (X(2) = 7.119; p = 0.001). DISCUSSION: The responding students in this study are by age in the class of digital natives, who should be conversant with technology. This could account for the higher moderate level of awareness of telerehabilitation. However, the higher rates of negative attitude towards telerehabilitation could be attributed to prevailing barriers to its utilization in Nigeria. Nonetheless, a large percentage of the students had high expectations for the future of telerehabilitation. CONCLUSION: Nigerian physiotherapy students have moderate awareness and high expectation for future telerehabilitation applications. However, a larger number of them hold negative attitude towards it use. |
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spelling | pubmed-78894122021-02-18 Awareness, Attitude and Expectations of Physiotherapy Students on Telerehabilitation C.E, Mbada T.A., Baderinwa C.T., Sanuade B., Ademoyegun Adekola Fatoye, Clara Maikudi, Laminde Fatoye, Francis Med Sci Educ Original Research BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Explosion in information technology knowledge and utilization among young people, referred to as digital natives, seems less explored in the health sector and training. This study was aimed to assess awareness, attitude and expectations of physiotherapy students on telerehabilitation. METHODS: This cross-sectional survey employed systematic probability sampling technique to recruit 200 physiotherapy students. A self-developed questionnaire which was tested for its face and content validity was used to obtain data. Data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Alpha level was set at p < 0.05. RESULTS: The mean age of the respondents was 21.2 ± 2.04 years. There was higher prevalence of moderate awareness (43%) and positive attitude towards telerehabilitation (39%). Majority of the respondents (62%) had high expectation towards future telerehabilitation products and services. There was significant association between level of awareness of telerehabilitation and age (X(2) = 7.119; p = 0.001). DISCUSSION: The responding students in this study are by age in the class of digital natives, who should be conversant with technology. This could account for the higher moderate level of awareness of telerehabilitation. However, the higher rates of negative attitude towards telerehabilitation could be attributed to prevailing barriers to its utilization in Nigeria. Nonetheless, a large percentage of the students had high expectations for the future of telerehabilitation. CONCLUSION: Nigerian physiotherapy students have moderate awareness and high expectation for future telerehabilitation applications. However, a larger number of them hold negative attitude towards it use. Springer US 2021-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7889412/ /pubmed/33619445 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40670-021-01234-w Text en © International Association of Medical Science Educators 2021 |
spellingShingle | Original Research C.E, Mbada T.A., Baderinwa C.T., Sanuade B., Ademoyegun Adekola Fatoye, Clara Maikudi, Laminde Fatoye, Francis Awareness, Attitude and Expectations of Physiotherapy Students on Telerehabilitation |
title | Awareness, Attitude and Expectations of Physiotherapy Students on Telerehabilitation |
title_full | Awareness, Attitude and Expectations of Physiotherapy Students on Telerehabilitation |
title_fullStr | Awareness, Attitude and Expectations of Physiotherapy Students on Telerehabilitation |
title_full_unstemmed | Awareness, Attitude and Expectations of Physiotherapy Students on Telerehabilitation |
title_short | Awareness, Attitude and Expectations of Physiotherapy Students on Telerehabilitation |
title_sort | awareness, attitude and expectations of physiotherapy students on telerehabilitation |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7889412/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33619445 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40670-021-01234-w |
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