Physiotherapists’ Attitude Towards Professionalism

Syeda Rafia Mansoor; Samrood Akram; Anam Naaz; Hafiza Sana Ashraf; Maria Sohail

doi:10.51253/pafmj.v72i1.5792

Authors

Syeda Rafia Mansoor College of Medicine & Dentistry, Fatima Memorial Hospital Lahore Pakistan
Samrood Akram University of Faisalabad, Lahore Pakistan
Anam Naaz University Institute of Physical Therapy Lahore Pakistan
Hafiza Sana Ashraf College of Medicine & Dentistry, Fatima Memorial Hospital Lahore Pakistan
Maria Sohail College of Medicine & Dentistry, Fatima Memorial Hospital Lahore Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v72i1.5792

Keywords:

Attitude, Professional, Professionalism, Physical therapist

Abstract

Objective: To find out the attitude of physiotherapists towards their profession and to assess the quality of professionalism in physiotherapists.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Place and Duration of Study: Private and government physiotherapy setups in Lahore, Pakistan, from Oct 2019 to Dec 2019.

Methodology: 312 physical therapists were recruited in the study. A modified standard questionnaire by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) was used for the data collection. Data were analyzed by using SPSS 22.0.

Results: In the current study, 312 participants were included, out of which 54.2% were male physical therapists and 45.8% were female physical therapists. Their mean age was 26.27 ± 2.15 years. The average professionalism score was 270.56 ± 22.27. Quality of professionalism, measured in physical therapists was 5 (1.60%), 14 (4.5%), 106 (34%), 148 (47.44%), and 39 (12.50%) as poor, fair, good, and excellent professionalism, respectively.

Conclusion: The majority of physical therapists showed a borderline positive attitude and very few had a negative attitude towards professionalism. Moreover, good quality of professionalism was observed prominently in most of the physiotherapists, whereas, minority of them portrayed bad and poor professionalism.