Affiliation:
1. Nnamdi Azikiwe University
2. University of Nigeria
Abstract
Abstract
Objectives: This study examines cognizance and perception of physiotherapy intervention in ADHD amongst clinical physiotherapy students in a tertiary institution and, also, determines the relationship of the study variables on the socio-demographic characteristics.
Methods: This study is a cross-sectional survey and employed a convenient sampling technique to recruit 137 respondents. A cognizance and perception questionnaire was used as the survey instrument to obtain data. Descriptive statistics of frequency, mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the socio-demographic characteristic. Spearman rank correlation was used to analyze the relationship amongst the variables of COG-ADHD, PERCEP-ADHD, COG-PT_ITV, PERCEP-PT_ITV, Mann-Whitney U test was used to test the influence of socio-demographic characteristics of age and the level of study on the cognizance and perception of ADHD. Variables having a p-value < 0.05 were considered statistically significant.
Result: The majority of the respondents (63.5%) had high cognizance of physiotherapy intervention for ADHD, while, the majority of the respondents (60.6%) had a fair perception of physiotherapy intervention for ADHD. A significant proportion of respondents (26.3%) had no source of information on ADHD before the study. Cognizance of ADHD significantly correlated with perception of ADHD, ADHD, and perception of physiotherapy intervention in ADHD, and cognizance of physiotherapy intervention in ADHD. There were significant positive correlations between gender and cognizance of physiotherapy intervention in ADHD, and between the level of study and perception of ADHD
Conclusion: Respondents' perception of physiotherapy intervention in ADHD was relatively low; in contrast, their cognizance was relatively satisfactory. Strengthening their cognizance and perception is paramount.
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