Department of Physiotherapy, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria.
BMC Health Serv Res. 2013 Jan 14;13:21. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-21.
Physiotherapists as primary health care practitioners are well placed in promoting physically active lifestyles, but their role and practice towards its promotion among patients in Nigeria has not been fully investigated. This study was therefore aimed at determining the knowledge, attitude and practice of Nigerian physiotherapists towards promotion of non-treatment physical activity among patients.
Three hundred and eight practicing physiotherapists from various public and private hospitals in 14 states of Nigeria completed an adopted 20-item questionnaire, which collected information on physical activity promotion in physiotherapy practice.
Respondents with good knowledge and attitude towards physical activity promotion in patient management were 196(63.6%) and 292(94.8%) respectively. Only 111 (36%) of the respondents counselled more than 10 patients in the past one month on the benefits of adopting a more physically active lifestyle. Chi-square analysis showed a significant association between low practice of physical activity promotion in patient management with inadequate consultation time (ℵ2=3.36, p=0.043), years of working experience of physiotherapists (ℵ2=11.37, p=0.023) and relative physical activity levels of physiotherapists (ℵ2=11.82, p=0.037). The need for Physical activity recommendation guideline was supported by 287 (97%) respondents.
Nigerian physiotherapists have good knowledge and attitude towards promotion of physically active lifestyle in their patients but do not counsel many of them, due to insufficient consultation time. Integrating brief counselling into usual treatment sessions is perceived as the most feasible form of physical activity promotion in patient management.
物理治疗师作为初级卫生保健从业者，非常适合在促进积极的生活方式方面发挥作用，但他们在尼日利亚患者中的作用和实践尚未得到充分研究。因此，本研究旨在确定尼日利亚物理治疗师在促进非治疗性身体活动方面的知识、态度和实践。
来自尼日利亚 14 个州的 308 名执业物理治疗师填写了一份经过改编的 20 项问卷，该问卷收集了物理治疗实践中促进身体活动的信息。
在患者管理中，对身体活动促进具有良好知识和态度的受访者分别为 196 名（63.6%）和 292 名（94.8%）。只有 111 名（36%）受访者在过去一个月内对 10 多名患者进行了关于采用更积极生活方式的益处的咨询。卡方分析显示，在患者管理中身体活动促进实践不足与咨询时间不足（ℵ2=3.36，p=0.043）、物理治疗师的工作年限（ℵ2=11.37，p=0.023）和物理治疗师的相对身体活动水平（ℵ2=11.82，p=0.037）之间存在显著关联。287 名（97%）受访者支持制定身体活动推荐指南。
尼日利亚物理治疗师对在患者中促进积极生活方式的知识和态度良好，但由于咨询时间不足，他们没有对很多患者进行咨询。将简短咨询纳入常规治疗会议被认为是在患者管理中促进身体活动的最可行形式。
