SURVEY ON “EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE”: BELIEFS, ATTITUDES, KNOWLEDGE & BEHAVIORS OF PHYSICAL THERAPISTS IN GUJARAT, INDIA

Abstract

Background \& Purpose: Evidence based Practice is the explicit use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients and is a concept of growing importance for Physiotherapy. The physiotherapy profession has been undergoing a period of change and has been encouraged to prove the effectiveness of clinical interventions by scientific evidence. Little research has been done regarding attitudes and behaviors of physical therapists relative to the use of evidence in practice. The purpose of this study was to explore the Beliefs, attitudes, knowledge \& Behaviors of Physical therapists in Gujarat, India and to generate relationship between attributes \& personal Practice.