Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and experience of palliative care amongst South African physiotherapists
South African Journal of Physiotherapy
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and experience of palliative care amongst South African physiotherapists | |
| Creator | Morrow, Brenda M. Barnard, Charlotte Luhlaza, Zimkhitha Naidoo, Kelisha Pitt, Sarah | |
| Description | Background: Palliative care encompasses holistic management of patients and families facing life-threatening and life-limiting conditions. There is currently little known about South African physiotherapists’ palliative care knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, experience and training needs.Objectives: To describe the amount and adequacy of palliative care training received by South African physiotherapists, and their interest, knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and experiences of palliative care.Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive survey study of a convenience sample of physiotherapists, using an adapted Physical Therapy in Palliative Care-Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Experiences Scale (PTiPC-KABE Scale). Likert scale scores were converted to continuous data for analysis, presented as median (IQR). Seven universities were contacted to determine undergraduate palliative care curriculum content.Results: A total of 303 participants (8.4% response rate) completed the questionnaire, and 289 responses were included (5.35% margin of error with 95% CI). Participants had 16 (6–27) years of experience, with 85.5% in private practice. About 66.7% and 79% of participants reported not receiving any training at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, respectively, with more than 80% expressing that training was inadequate at both levels. Universities (n = 4/7; 57.1%) reported a maximum 3 hours undergraduate palliative care training. Seventy-nine percent of respondents had clinical experience in providing palliative care; however ‘knowledge’ was the lowest scoring domain (56.3% (43.8%–62.5%). The ‘beliefs’ domain scored highest at 82.6% (69.6%–91.3%).Conclusion: Many South African physiotherapists manage patients requiring palliative care, despite inadequate training and limited knowledge in this field. More under- and postgraduate learning opportunities should be made available for physiotherapists in the area of palliative care. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2017-07-31 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajp.v73i1.384 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Physiotherapy; Vol 73, No 1 (2017); 8 pages 2410-8219 0379-6175 | |
| Language | eng | |
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