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Factors facilitating clinical assessment practice in physiotherapy students - A cross sectional study

Noble Vavachan (MPT)

Alva’s college of physiotherapy,

Moodbidri, Dakshina kannada, Karnataka

Background

Diagnosing patient illness depends on the assessment performed by the clinician. The clinical assessment

is responsible for determining the treatment in any clinical setup. Clinical assessment is component of

clinical practice by which student learn to apply the theory in clinical setup. And such process is

challenging and is performed with barriers.

Objective /Aim

Aim of this study is to determine the factors facilitating and inhibiting patient assessment in physiotherapy

Methodology

A Cross sectional study was conducted among 203 students in Dakshina Kannada and Maharashtra.

During the month of September and October 2021. A questioner was developed for identifying the

factors facilitating clinical assessment and it was validated by departmental staffs of Alva’s college of

physiotherapy. The questionnaire included factors affecting clinical assessment such as Workload, Patient

cooperation, time, Communication, Training /Practice. Institutional review board approval was obtained

to conduct the study and the questionnaire was forwarded to students and data was collected by the

responses provided from postgraduates, interns and final years.

Results

SPSS was used to perform descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. In descriptive statistics, age,

gender and designation their frequency and percentage was calculated. In inferential statistics Chi square

test, linear regression and correlation was calculated,

Conclusion

Factors related to workload are strongly associated with clinical assessment performance. Clinical

examination, performing special test, neurological assessment, pediatrics assessments and OBG

assessments facilitates clinical assessment skill.

Key words: decision making, diagnosis, outcome, measures, clinical reasoning