Practice of the Short Wave Diathermy (SWD) Application

NCT ID: NCT02379143

Last Updated: 2015-03-04

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 49 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2013-09-30
• Study Completion Date: 2014-03-31

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

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).

Conditions

Electromagnetic Fields

Study Design

• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Interventions

interview method: self report form

the responses about participants perception, behavior pattern and attitude were recorded on the self report form

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Private physical therapists practitioners

Exclusion Criteria

• Who were volunteering to participate

• Minimum Eligible Age: 25 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

TPCT's Terna College of Physiotherapy

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

DR. SWATI MESHRAM

ASSO. PROF

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

References

Bibliography: 1. William E. Prentice PD P, ATC, Professor. Therapeutic Modalities for Physical Therapists. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina. : McGraw-Hill Medical,medical publishing division; 2001. 576 p. 2. Bioelectronics Corporation.

Reference Type: RESULT

Other Identifiers

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