Awareness and Knowledge of Physiotherapy among Secondary Students in Kuala Terengganu
Physiotherapy is a healthcare profession concerned with human function and mobility, as well as the maximisation of potential. In recent days, though the awareness about the Physiotherapy profession is increasing, maybe still the complete awareness is not achieved. There is a high percentage o...
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INTI International University
2023
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| Summary: | Physiotherapy is a healthcare profession concerned with human function and mobility, as well
as the maximisation of potential. In recent days, though the awareness about the Physiotherapy
profession is increasing, maybe still the complete awareness is not achieved. There is a high
percentage of students who hold incorrect beliefs, necessitating the inclusion of specific
teaching about it during undergraduate training. The purpose of the study was: (1) to examine
the level of awareness regarding physiotherapy among secondary students in Kuala
Terengganu, (2) to identify level of knowledge regarding physiotherapy among secondary
students in Kuala Terengganu and (3) to determine the relationship between the level of
awareness and knowledge regarding physiotherapy among secondary students in Kuala
Terengganu. This is a quantitative cross-sectional study and conducted by online survey. The
survey instrument for the study was a four sectioned, self-administered questionnaire. Section
A was on demographic data (4 questions), while section B was on level of awareness regarding
physiotherapy (12 questions). Section C required information on level of knowledge about
physiotherapy practise (6 questions) while section D was on physiotherapy as a career (5
questions). A total of 388 of student’s form four and form five from 23 of SMK in Kuala
Terengganu participated in the study. The method for sampling applied was convenience
sampling. The respond of this study is 100% (n=338). Majority of respondents is form four (n=
205, 60.7%), with age 16 years old (n=205, 60.7%), female gender (n= 208, 61.2%) and Malay
race (n=187, 55.3%). The level of awareness of physiotherapy is (n=145, 54.3%) and the level
of knowledge of physiotherapy is (n= 65, 24.3%). The relationship between level of awareness
and knowledge is (r= 0.189, CI=1.2449, 1.2744, p value= 0.002). The result shown there is a
statistically significant, positive and weak correlation between level of awareness and level of
knowledge regarding physiotherapy among secondary students (r=0.189, p=0.002). |
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