Prevalence of Awareness of Physiotherapy Amongst Health Care Professionals in Surat City

Abstract

Background: Physical therapist plays an important role in health care in reducing hospital stay, rehabilitation for better quality of life and quicker recovery. That is why it is important for the health care professionals to be aware about the importance of a role of physical therapist in maintaining functional ability of an individual and approaches and principles. Methods: A sample of 151 subjects were randomly taken and every subject was given a validated questionnaire which was taken as an interview. Physiotherapist, interns, Lab technicians, Unwilling participants were excluded. Further analysis was done after the response was gathered. Result: There is 100% awareness of the existence of the field of physiotherapy among health care professionals in Surat city, but not of individual specialties like burns management, prescribing orthosis and community management. Conclusion: The study revealed that there is full awareness about physiotherapy among health care professionals in Surat city. Most of the subjects believed that patients should visit a physiotherapy center only on the reference of a doctor. Community based rehabilitation is least known among subjects while neuro and ortho rehabilitation is known popularly. Key words: Physiotherapist, awareness, health care professionals, subjects. .