Nature of practice among the physiotherapy professionals.

Abstract

Background: The physiotherapy practice has similarities and dissimilarities across countries. Determination of nature of practice of physiotherapy professionals in a country context is necessary to establish evidence based practice. The aim of the study is to find out the nature of Physiotherapy practice among the professionals. Methods: A cross sectional study were chosen and sampling technique were purposive. Period of data collection was April 2019 to July 2019. There were 115 participants in this study. A structured questionnaire was used to collect the participant’s information. Results: In this study shows 64 (55.7%) were male and 51 (44.3%) were female; majority of the participants were in their 2nd decade of life which consisted 64 (55.7%) followed by between 26-30 years. Major proportion of professionals involve in the current work position 77 (67%) were clinical physiotherapist. Highest level of educational background was 56 (48.7%) Bachelor’s degree. Most of the professionals practice duration were 58 (50.4%) between 2-5 years. Among the professionals 33 (28.7%) were musculoskeletal practitioner and 72 (62.6%) works in hospital. Daily most preferred options for treating patient was Seminars/Conferences attended & Recommendations from colleagues & Journal articles/research evidence & Textbooks and other reference materials & Experience 10 (8.7%). Significant association p=0.049 is being found between education and barriers. Conclusions: Physiotherapy, a novel profession in Bangladesh tries to explore their autonomous practice and tries to remove the barriers in every aspect of their practice. It is obvious to achieve the desire goal, need to activate the Rehabilitation Act-2018 as well as good governance and good communication with stakeholders. Keyword: Physiotherapist, Nature of Practice, Bangladesh.