Awareness of Physiotherapy Among The High School Students

Abstract

Background: Globalization is having a significant impact on health care and the demands put on the health professions are increasing day by day. In the healthcare sector, professions like those of Doctors and Nurses are well known than the other paramedical professions like Physiotherapy. Physiotherapy plays a major part in various conditions. The demand of the physiotherapy continues to increase with increase in aging population. Despite the tremendous growth in the field, researchers have documented that the public especially the students does not understand the different aspects of this profession. It is mandatory to give appropriate information about the various professions to the higher secondary students so that it would be useful in choosing their career pathway. Methods: The study was Descriptive in nature. The samples were taken through the purposive sampling technique. The subjects were taken from various schools. 300 samples were collected. A detailed explanation of research and purpose of the study were given and the informed consent were obtained from all participants. Results: The data was meaningfully assorted. The results came out positively proves that the high school students of Ludhiana had a great knowledge about the every aspect of physiotherapy. Conclusion: Awareness of physiotherapy was found to be increasing amongst the science students who participated in the study. Mass media was considered to be the most influential source of information and many respondents cited television as the source of information.