Electromagnetic Fields Clinical Trial
Official title:
A Probe Into Practice of the Short Wave Diathermy (SWD) Application in Private Physiotherapy Clinics: a Survey From Ethical Practice & Safety Perspective.
Various national & international bodies like FDA, CSP has laid down the guidelines for the
reasonable use of SWD electro therapeutic agent (EPA) ensuring safety & effectiveness.
However, it remains uncertain, whether the practicing physiotherapists are aware of the very
existence of this guidelines and implementing them in daily practice. Any lack of knowledge
about this background can endanger the patient safety leading to serious health hazards.
In the present survey, 49 physiotherapy practitioners were interviewed with a self-report
measure to investigate their knowledge base, mode of application of SWD (6 items) & the
awareness about recommended guidelines (5 items) etc.
Study design: cross sectional survey design with the use of a self-report form to record the
participant's views was used. Sampling frame consisted of physiotherapists working in
private clinics in sub-urban area of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Institutional ethic committee of Terna Physiotherapy College granted permission to conduct
this survey. The self-report forms were coded in order to conceal the identity of the
therapist.
In this survey 49 physiotherapists were interviewed with a self-report form consisting of
total 23 item. In the initial section of this survey form a general information was
collected regarding years of experience (1 item), Types of condition treated (1 item), No of
patients treated (item 1) Duration of onset (item 1) & the type of modality used (item 1).
Specific items interrogating therapist's knowledge about the EMF generating modality were
designed to retrieve the information about dosage prescription (7 item), acquaintance with
recommended guidelines & indications (item 5), years of experience with that particular
modality (item1), Any kind of side effects observed (item 1), any action taken for the same
(item 2), referring personnel for recommending this modality (item 1), overall therapist's
experience with the effectiveness of this modality (item1).
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Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
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