Akodu Ashiyat K, Akinfeleye Adegoke M, Nwajueboe Anthony C
Department of Physiotherapy, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
Department of Physiotherapy, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-araba Lagos, Nigeria.
J Taibah Univ Med Sci. 2018 May 16;13(4):355-363. doi: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2018.04.005. eCollection 2018 Aug.
This study was carried out to determine the preferences of students in selecting physiotherapy as a career choice and the factors that play key roles in their selection.
A cross-sectional study involving 297 subjects ranging from 14 to 21 years of age was conducted among prospective university students. They were recruited from seven secondary schools in selected local government areas of Lagos state using a purposive sampling technique. A 14-item questionnaire, comparing physiotherapy to 11 selected occupations on six dimensions, that is, level of physical stress, salary, usefulness to society, responsibility, social status, and personal recognition as well as investigating factors considered important in selecting a career, was adapted from relevant literature. The data was analysed using mean, standard deviation, and Kendall's coefficient of concordance.
The responses of 184 males (62.0%) and 113 females (38.0%) were used in the data analysis of this study. Physiotherapy was ranked fourth in terms of level of physical stress, third in terms of salary, fifth in terms of usefulness, fourth in terms of responsibility, fourth in terms of social status, and fourth in terms of personal recognition. Overall, physiotherapy was rated as the fourth-most preferred occupation. Prospective university students perceived physiotherapy as having a high level of occupational prestige, rating it fourth after medicine, engineering, and law.
The profession of physiotherapy is held in high esteem and is seen as a desirable career choice among Nigerian high school students.
开展本研究以确定学生在选择物理治疗作为职业时的偏好，以及在他们的选择中起关键作用的因素。
对年龄在14至21岁之间的297名准大学生进行了一项横断面研究。采用立意抽样技术从拉各斯州选定地方政府区域的七所中学招募了他们。一份14项的问卷从相关文献中改编而来，该问卷在六个维度上，即将物理治疗与11种选定职业进行比较，这六个维度为身体压力水平、薪资、对社会的有用性、责任、社会地位和个人认可度，同时还调查了在选择职业时被认为重要的因素。使用均值、标准差和肯德尔和谐系数对数据进行分析。
本研究的数据分析采用了184名男性（62.0%）和113名女性（38.0%）的回复。在身体压力水平方面，物理治疗排名第四；在薪资方面，排名第三；在有用性方面，排名第五；在责任方面，排名第四；在社会地位方面，排名第四；在个人认可度方面，排名第四。总体而言，物理治疗被评为第四大最受欢迎的职业。准大学生认为物理治疗具有较高的职业声望，将其排在医学、工程和法律之后，位列第四。
物理治疗专业备受推崇，在尼日利亚高中生中被视为理想的职业选择。
