Stenmar L, Nordholm L A
Göteborg College of Health and Caring Sciences, Sweden.
Phys Ther. 1994 Nov;74(11):1034-9. doi: 10.1093/ptj/74.11.1034.
The purpose of this study was to find out what practicing physical therapists believe to be the most important factors in successful treatments.
A national random sample of 187 Swedish physical therapists received the survey instrument by mail. The response rate was 76%.
On the basis of a pilot interview study and literature review, a survey instrument was constructed consisting of 22 Likert-type items and various demographic variables.
The findings indicated that a majority of the respondents believed that the patient's own resources and the patient-therapist relationship rather than the treatment techniques are the most important factors in explaining why physical therapy works. Most physical therapists endorsed a holistic view of treatment (pertaining to the whole person, not just body parts), although significantly more women than men supported this viewpoint. Other background factors had no relationship to the beliefs and attitudes expressed.
The findings are discussed within the framework of attribution theory, and in the context of viewing physical therapy as an applied biomedical science or a caring profession. In this study, the view of physical therapy as a caring profession prevailed among the majority of the physical therapists.
本研究旨在查明执业物理治疗师认为成功治疗中最重要的因素。
对187名瑞典物理治疗师进行全国随机抽样，通过邮件向他们发放调查问卷。回复率为76%。
基于一项初步访谈研究和文献综述，构建了一份包含22个李克特式项目及各种人口统计学变量的调查问卷。
研究结果表明，大多数受访者认为，患者自身的资源以及患者与治疗师的关系而非治疗技术，是解释物理治疗为何有效的最重要因素。大多数物理治疗师赞同整体治疗观（涉及整个人，而非仅仅身体部位），尽管支持这一观点的女性明显多于男性。其他背景因素与所表达的信念和态度无关。
在归因理论框架内，并结合将物理治疗视为一门应用生物医学科学或一种关怀性职业的背景下，对研究结果进行了讨论。在本研究中，大多数物理治疗师倾向于将物理治疗视为一种关怀性职业这一观点。
