Knowledge, attitude and practice of physical activity promotion among physiotherapists in India during COVID 19.
Health professionals
Health promotion
Pandemic
Physical activity guidelines
Physical inactivity
Journal
Journal of bodywork and movement therapies
ISSN: 1532-9283
Titre abrégé: J Bodyw Mov Ther
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9700068
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2021
Apr 2021
Historique:
received:
25
08
2020
revised:
28
11
2020
accepted:
28
12
2020
entrez:
16
5
2021
pubmed:
17
5
2021
medline:
2
7
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and the nationwide lockdown has increased sedentary time and physical inactivity. Physiotherapists are one of the essential health professionals who are actively involved in promoting physical activities. The study objectives included assessing knowledge of physical activity guidelines, physiotherapist attitude towards involvement in physical activities and practice of routine physical activity assessment, and its promotion among physiotherapists in India during COVID-19. In this cross-sectional survey study, the study tool was prepared using Google Forms. It consisted of sixteen questions on knowledge, attitude, and practice of physical activities among physiotherapists. Study participants were physiotherapists with a minimum of a bachelor's degree qualification and practicing in India. One hundred and eighty responses were received from sixteen states of India. The average age of respondents was 28 years, and the average work experience of five years. This study found that only 19% of physiotherapists could give the correct answer in all three domains of WHO PA guidelines. 70% of physiotherapists found with an appropriate attitude as they met the 150 min of moderate PA per week. 68% reported that they promote physical activities in routine practice. This study suggested the majority of physiotherapists perform physical activity assessment and promotion in routine practice in India. Most of them have an appropriate attitude towards physical activity, but very few physiotherapists have adequate knowledge of WHO physical activity guidelines. Physiotherapists should actively promote physical activities in routine practice to reduce the impairment due to physical inactivity especially during the Corona virus disease pandemic in India. Efforts should be made to increase the physical activity awareness in terms of knowledge of WHO physical activity guidelines, different assessment, and promotion strategies.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33992283
pii: S1360-8592(20)30279-5
doi: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2020.12.042
pmc: PMC9760009
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
463-470Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest All authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.
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