02Jan 2019

AWARENESS OF PHYSIOTHERAPY AS A COURSE AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN HEALTH CARE AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS- A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY.

  • Institute of Health Sciences, Chandakaroad,Bhubaneswar ,Odisha.
  • NIMS, college of physiotherapy OCHC Complex, Kharvel Nagar, Bhubaneswar ,Odisha.
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Purpose:-The purpose of the study is to imbibe awareness of physiotherapy as a subject of choice similar to other medical fraternity and its importance in health care among high school students. Objective:-This study is to promote awareness of physiotherapy as a subject of choice similar to other medical fraternity and its importance in health care among high school students. Methods:-It is a crossectional study design with a sample size of 1000 high school students Results:-In the survey done about the awareness of physiotherapy as a course it is very abashing to recognize that many of the students are unaware of physiotherapy its treatment methods, infrastructure ,it contains and their usage and role of physiotherapy as eminent part of treatment in variety of cases, thereby their ignorance in choosing physiotherapy as a subject . Discussion:-The result of the present study seems to draw our attention to the fact that still many high school students are unaware of physiotherapy as a course to pursue.

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[Priyadarshini Mishra and BSL Vidhyadhari. (2019); AWARENESS OF PHYSIOTHERAPY AS A COURSE AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN HEALTH CARE AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS- A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 7 (Jan). 245-252] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

DR PRIYADARSHINI MISHRA

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/8320      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/8320

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