Musculoskeletal Problems and Strategies Developed by Physiotherapists to Cope With Them

Uskudar University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Occupational Diseases; Muscle Pain

Treatments: Other: Survey

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06006481

Uskudar57

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to investigate whether there is a difference in areas such as occupational musculoskeletal injuries and strategies developed by physiotherapists working in different fields, burnout and occupational satisfaction.

Full description

This study is a descriptive, cross-sectional online survey study. In this study, it is aimed to reach people who have graduated from the Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Departments of the Faculties of Health Sciences or the Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Schools of universities in Turkey, which provide education for 4 years and have the title of "physiotherapist". Physiotherapists will be divided into 5 groups according to the fields they work. Group 1 is only pediatric patients, Group 2 is orthopedics and sportsman, Group 3 is neurology and intensive care, Group 4 is general group that receives patients in many fields, and Group 5 is physiotherapists working in the field of public health. planned to occur. Before starting the study, the participants will be asked to fill in the Volunteer and Consent Form that they voluntarily participated in, and then they will be asked to fill out the Personal Information Form, the Extended Nordic Musculoskeletal System Questionnaire, the Pain Coping Inventory, the Maslach Burnout Scale, and the Vocational Satisfaction Scale prepared by us. According to the results obtained, 5 different groups will be compared among themselves by the determined parameters. The surveys to be used will be uploaded to the Google Forms database. Then, the participants will be asked to participate in the study by being reached via online media such as e-mail, mobile phone applications , social media.

Enrollment: 255 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Volunteering to participate in the study
• Being a physiotherapist
• Having completed at least 1 year in the profession and continuing an active working life
• Being between the ages of 21 and 60

Exclusion criteria

• Not having completed 1 year in the profession
• Having any systemic disease

Trial design

255 participants in 5 patient groups

1.group

Description:

patient area in the children's area

Treatment:

Other: Survey

2.group

Description:

patient area in the field of orthopedics and athletes

Treatment:

Other: Survey

3.group

Description:

patient area in neurology and intensive care

Treatment:

Other: Survey

4.group

Description:

general group receiving patients in many fields

Treatment:

Other: Survey

5.group

Description:

physiotherapists working in public health

Treatment:

Other: Survey