Cavlak Ugur, Aslan Ummuhan Bas, Gurso Suleyman, Yagci Nesrin, Yeldan Ipek
Pamukkale University, School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Denizli, Turkey.
Adv Ther. 2007 Jan-Feb;24(1):135-45. doi: 10.1007/BF02850001.
This interventional study was undertaken to assess the impact of physiotherapy education on the knowledge and attitudes of physiotherapists (PTs) and physiotherapy students (PSs) toward euthanasia. The study, which was conducted during the period between 2004 and 2005, included a total of 494 participants (311 PTs; 183 PSs) aged 18 to 52 y from the western and central portions of Turkey, who responded to a self-report questionnaire (response rate, 96.4%) that was based on data from the literature. Results indicated that PTs (48.9%) were more likely to approve of euthanasia than PSs (38.3%) (P<.05). The legalization of euthanasia was favored by 43.7% of PTs, compared with 29.5% of PSs (P<.05). On the other hand, PTs and PSs expressed similar views regarding euthanasia, including reasons for accepting or opposing euthanasia and acceptable conditions for its use (P>.05). Overall results showed that sex and age had no effect on whether euthanasia was accepted (P>.05) religiousness was found to have the greatest effect on attitudes toward euthanasia (P<.05). The findings of the current study suggest that (1) the attitudes of PTs are different from those of PSs, and (2) the Islamic point of view has a negative impact on the attitudes of PTs and PSs toward euthanasia.
这项干预性研究旨在评估物理治疗教育对物理治疗师（PTs）和物理治疗专业学生（PSs）关于安乐死的知识及态度的影响。该研究于2004年至2005年期间进行，共纳入了来自土耳其西部和中部、年龄在18至52岁之间的494名参与者（311名PTs；183名PSs），他们对一份基于文献数据的自填式问卷进行了回答（回复率为96.4%）。结果表明，PTs（48.9%）比PSs（38.3%）更倾向于赞成安乐死（P<0.05）。43.7%的PTs支持安乐死合法化，而PSs的这一比例为29.5%（P<0.05）。另一方面，PTs和PSs在关于安乐死的问题上表达了相似的观点，包括接受或反对安乐死的原因以及使用安乐死的可接受条件（P>0.05）。总体结果显示，性别和年龄对是否接受安乐死没有影响（P>0.05），而宗教信仰被发现对安乐死态度的影响最大（P<0.05）。当前研究的结果表明：（1）PTs的态度与PSs不同；（2）伊斯兰教观点对PTs和PSs关于安乐死的态度有负面影响。
