EVALUATING IMPEDIMENTS LEADING TO NON-ADHERENCE OF PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMENT AMONGST INHABITANTS OF ROHTAK DISTRICT
- 1 September 2021
- journal article
- Published by World Wide Journals
Abstract
Background:The rate of success of a physiotherapy treatment programme is strongly inuenced by the adherence of the patient with prescribed treatment programme. Non-adherence with the therapy given to the patient is often overlooked and is one of the reasons for failure to achieve desired results aimed for a given disease/condition. Methods:Atotal of 40 geriatric subjects (20 urban and 20 rural) were surveyed for information using self-questionnaire from Rohtak district. Results: Out of 40 subjects (10 urban males and 10 urban females and 10 rural males and 10 rural females) 70% of urban (30% females and 40% males) and 30% of rural (10% females and 20% males) population was found to be adherent to physical therapy treatment. Impediments identied in the current study that were statistically signicantly associated with non-adherence to physical therapy treatment among the geriatric population included residential locality (p=0.02), accessibility to physiotherapy clinics (p=0.001), paying capacity (p=0.003), compliance to unsupervised home based exercise treatment (p=0.01) and cooperation by family members (p= 0.01). A non-signicant relationship was found with ability of doing ADLs (p=0.06). Conclusion: The study shows that geriatric population of Rohtak district residing in urban areas are more adherent to physical therapy treatment programme as compared to those residing in rural areas.Keywords
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