The Knowledge Gaps of Amputee Rehabilitation Course Content in Physiotherapy Curriculum

Akdeniz University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Rehabilitation; ICF; Amputation

Treatments: Other: Survey

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06569979

202391-12/12/2023

Details and patient eligibility

About

Understanding the knowledge gaps of amputee rehabilitation course content is essential for addressing these gaps. Identifying the course contents according to International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) can be a starting point for determining the gaps. This study aimed to investigate which amputee-specific ICF categories are underemphasized in the course content.

Full description

For understanding the knowledge gaps of amputee rehabilitation course content, a total of 59 amputee-specific ICF categories were asked to the academics whether these categories are present in the amputee rehabilitation course content. Academics were asked to answer "yes" or "no" to each question. Cochrane Q test was used to test for differences between the frequencies of ICF categories.

Sleep functions, high-level cognitive functions in the field of body functions, writing and handling stress in the activity sub-domain, most of the categories in the participation sub-domain and environmental factors were significantly underemphasized in the course content.This study identifies the knowledge gaps of amputee rehabilitation course content in physiotherapy curriculum.

Enrollment: 73 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 25 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Academicians who continued to teach amputee rehabilitation in different higher education institutions in Turkey were included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals who did not teach the whole course but contributed to only a part of it were not included in the study

Trial design

73 participants in 1 patient group

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Description:

Academicians who continued to teach amputee rehabilitation in different higher education institutions in Turkey were included in the study.

Treatment:

Other: Survey