Factors affecting the extent of utilization of physiotherapy services by physicians in Saudi Arabia

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dc.contributor.authorAlshehri, Mansour Abdullah
dc.contributor.authorAlhasan, Hammad
dc.contributor.authorAlayat, Mohamed S.
dc.contributor.authorAl-subahi, Moayad
dc.contributor.authorYaseen, Khalid
dc.contributor.authorIsmail, Ayah
dc.contributor.authorTobaigy, Abdullah
dc.contributor.authorAlmalki, Obaid
dc.contributor.authorAlqahtani, Abdulfattah
dc.contributor.authorFallata, Basmah
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-31T11:56:31Z
dc.date.available2018-05-31T11:56:31Z
dc.description.abstractPurpose: To investigate physicians’ attitudes, opinions and experiences towards physiotherapy services as well as to identify the potential factors that may affect the extent of utilization of physiotherapy services (based on physicians’ beliefs) in Saudi Arabia (SA). Subjects and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted. Results: A total of 108 respondents met the inclusion criteria. The respondents’ attitude towards physiotherapy was slightly low (53.5%), while their opinions and experiences of physiotherapy indicated some important issues. For example, 50% of them believed that physiotherapists did not create a good awareness about physiotherapy services and 55.5% admitted that they did not have enough information about physiotherapy services. The most potential factor reported by physicians that may affect the extent of utilization of physiotherapy services was the lack of physiotherapist’s skills and knowledge to assess and treat patients (55.3%), followed by the limited knowledge of physicians regarding the types of physiotherapy services (44.5%) and the lack of cooperation between physicians and physiotherapists (40.7%). Conclusion: There were some factors that limited the extent of utilization of physiotherapy services in SA. Physiotherapy academics and clinicians should attempt to change physicians’ negative attitudes, promoting awareness to provide them with a better understanding of physiotherapy services.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationAlshehri, M. A., Alhasan, H., Alayat, M., Al-subahi, M., Yaseen, K., Ismail, A., Tobaigy, A., Almalki, O., Alqahtani, A. and Fallata, B. (2018) 'Factors affecting the extent of utilization of physiotherapy services by physicians in Saudi Arabia', Journal of Physical Therapy Science, 30(2), pp. 216-222. doi: 10.1589/jpts.30.216en
dc.identifier.doi10.1589/jpts.30.216
dc.identifier.endpage222
dc.identifier.issn0915-5287
dc.identifier.issn2187-5626
dc.identifier.issued2018
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Physical Therapy Scienceen
dc.identifier.startpage216
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/6236
dc.identifier.volume30
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSociety of Physical Therapy Scienceen
dc.relation.urihttps://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpts/30/2/30_jpts-2017-471/_article
dc.rights© 2018, Society of Physical Therapy Science. Published by IPEC Inc. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License. (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectPhysiotherapyen
dc.subjectPhysiciansen
dc.subjectSaudi Arabiaen
dc.titleFactors affecting the extent of utilization of physiotherapy services by physicians in Saudi Arabiaen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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