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Awareness of Physiotherapy among Higher Secondary Students- A Survey K. Jothi Prasanna 1 Ayesha Farvin Z2
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 15 No. 1 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Publisher : Institute of Medico-legal Publications Pvt Ltd

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37506/ijfmt.v15i1.13439

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Background: Physiotherapy is a kind of art among various health care professional. It is the rapidlyemerging allied health profession in India. It is engaged with promoting health and maximizing potential.Students are the budding generation where the knowledge regarding physiotherapy as a treatment must bedeveloped. This study focused on students in Thanjavur District since the term physiotherapy as health careservice is rising gradually nowadays. The main objective of this study is to scrutinize the level of awarenessof physiotherapy among the students who are the vitals of the upcoming generation.Objective: The purpose of the study is to assess the level of awareness of Physiotherapy among HigherSecondary students in Kumbakonam of Thanjavur District. subjects and methods: A structured surveyquestionnaire depicting the awareness with three components namely Knowledge Attitude and Belieftowards physiotherapy is distributed around 200 students of ARR Matriculation Higher Secondary Schoolin Kumbakonam. The responses were collected from the students for the statistical data analysis. result andconclusion: The awareness regarding all the three aspects were significantly less. It is said that there willbe in chance of creating the awareness among students unless the professionals themselves include in therepletion and improvement of the field.