Physiotherapy and Disaster

Uşak University

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Disaster; Physiotherapist Students

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07296367

E-60116787-020-789573

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this observational study is to examine the relationships between disaster response self-efficacy, psychological preparedness for disaster threats, and interdisciplinary readiness levels among undergraduate Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation students. The study will be conducted among students studying in the Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation departments of Pamukkale University, İnönü University, and Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University in Turkey.

Participants will complete online surveys regarding disaster preparedness while continuing their routine education as part of their active learning. No clinical practice, medical intervention, or experimental procedures will be conducted in the study.

The primary research question of this study is:

Is there a significant relationship between the disaster response self-efficacy, psychological preparedness, and interdisciplinary readiness levels of physiotherapy students? Data will be collected voluntarily via Google Form; students can withdraw from the study at any time. Personal information will not be collected, and all data will be analyzed solely for scientific purposes, in accordance with confidentiality principles. While no medical or physical benefits are expected for participants, the findings are expected to contribute to the development of physiotherapy training curricula for disaster preparedness and crisis management.

The study will commence in December 2025 following ethics committee approval, and the entire process, including data collection, is planned to take approximately six months.

Full description

This observational study aims to examine the relationships among physiotherapy students' disaster response self-efficacy, psychological preparedness for disaster threats, and interdisciplinary readiness levels. Data will be collected and analyzed from volunteer participants via an online survey. No experimental interventions, treatments, or clinical procedures will be implemented in the study. Participant safety and data confidentiality will be protected in accordance with ethical principles. The findings are expected to contribute to the development of disaster preparedness regulations in physiotherapy education programs.

Enrollment: 400 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being an undergraduate student (1st-4th year) in a Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation program at a university in Türkiye
• Being 18 to 25 years of age at the time of participation.
• Reading and providing electronic informed consent on the online form.
• Completing the online questionnaire in full.

Exclusion criteria

• Not being enrolled as an undergraduate student in a Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation program, or not being in 1st-4th year.
• Being younger than 18 or older than 25 years.
• Not providing electronic informed consent.
• Completing the survey partially or with clear errors (e.g., missing or invalid responses).
• Duplicate entries detected as the same participant filling in the questionnaire more than once.
• Leaving more than 50% of the items unanswered or providing highly inconsistent response patterns that compromise data reliability.

Trial design

400 participants in 1 patient group

physiotherapy students

Description:

physiotherapy students studying at different universities