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Use of standardised outcome measures among physiotherapists in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa
| العنوان: | Use of standardised outcome measures among physiotherapists in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa |
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| المؤلفون: | Sawadogo, Abdoulaye, Sogbossi, Emmanuel Segnon, Everard, Gauthier, Kpadonou, Toussaint, Batcho, Charles Sebiyo |
| المساهمون: | UCL - SSS/IREC/NMSK - Neuro-musculo-skeletal Lab |
| المصدر: | South African Journal of Physiotherapy, Vol. 80, no. 1, p. a1981 (2024) |
| بيانات النشر: | Physiotherapy Publications |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| المجموعة: | DIAL@USL-B (Université Saint-Louis, Bruxelles) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Patient outcome assessment, Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy modalities, Evidence-based practice, Africa |
| الوصف: | Background: The use of standardised assessment tools is a fundamental aspect of good clinical practice. However, to our knowledge, no study has documented the use of standardised assessment tools in physiotherapy in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa. Objectives: Documenting the use of standardised outcome measures in physiotherapy in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa. Method: Our cross-sectional survey used an online self-questionnaire on facilitators and barriers to the use of standardised outcome measures, distributed to physiotherapists in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa. Results: A total of 241 physiotherapists working in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa responded to the survey. The most represented countries were Benin (36.9%), Cameroon (14.1%), and Burkina Faso (10.8%). Although 99% of participants reported using standardised outcome measures, only 25% of the respondents used them systematically (all the time). The most reported facilitators included the recognition that standardised outcome measures help to determine whether treatment is effective, help to guide care, and improve communication with patients. The most significant barriers were the lack of time, unavailability of the standardised outcome measures, and non-sensitivity of measures to patients’ cultural and ethnic concerns. There was a higher proportion of use in the middle age group (30–40) (p = 0.02) and a lower proportion of use in physiotherapists simultaneously working in public and private sectors (p = 0.05). Conclusion: Standardised outcome measures are still not widely used by physiotherapists in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 0379-6175 2410-8219 |
| Relation: | boreal:283792; http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/283792; urn:ISSN:0379-6175; urn:EISSN:2410-8219 |
| DOI: | 10.4102/sajp.v80i1.1981 |
| الاتاحة: | http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/283792 https://doi.org/10.4102/sajp.v80i1.1981 |
| Rights: | info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.577A42D1 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 03796175 24108219 |
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| DOI: | 10.4102/sajp.v80i1.1981 |