Prosthetics-Orthotics Rehabilitation Awareness
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorLokman Hekim University
About this trial
Orthotic and prosthetic devices are essential rehabilitation tools for individuals with functional limitations resulting from amputation, musculoskeletal pathologies, neurological disorders, and congenital anomalies. Physiotherapists play a central role in orthotic and prosthetic rehabilitation, including need assessment, device selection, functional evaluation, patient education, and long-term follow-up. However, limited research has examined the knowledge, self-efficacy, and attitudes of physiotherapy students regarding this field during undergraduate education.
This descriptive, cross-sectional study aims to evaluate the knowledge, self-efficacy perception, and attitudes of undergraduate Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation students regarding orthotic and prosthetic rehabilitation. The study population consists of third- and fourth-year students enrolled in the Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation program at Lokman Hekim University, Faculty of Health Sciences, who have completed coursework related to orthotic and prosthetic rehabilitation and voluntarily agree to participate.
Data will be collected online via Google Forms using two tools: a demographic information form (age, gender, class level, grade point average, theoretical coursework, and clinical internship experience) and the Orthotics and Prosthetics Awareness Questionnaire. This 32-item questionnaire, developed by the investigators based on relevant literature and finalized through expert consultation using the Delphi technique, covers three subdimensions: Knowledge (11 items), Self-Efficacy (9 items), and Attitude (12 items), rated on a 5-point Likert scale.
The study will also examine whether knowledge, self-efficacy, and attitude scores differ according to class level, clinical experience (observation of devices and patients, level of participation in application processes), and academic performance. The findings are expected to contribute to the development of physiotherapy and rehabilitation curricula, strengthen interprofessional collaboration between physiotherapists and orthotist-prosthetists, and support the improvement of rehabilitation service quality in this field.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Aged 18 years or older
Actively enrolled as a student in the 3rd or 4th year of the undergraduate Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation program at Lokman Hekim University
Capable of completing the data collection tools fully and comprehensibly
Voluntarily agrees to participate in the study and approves the informed consent form
Disqualifiers
Students with auditory, visual, or sensory impairments to a degree that could affect the study assessments
Students who complete the data collection tools incompletely or incorrectly
Students who are unable to read and understand Turkish
Trial population
The study population consists of third- and fourth-year students enrolled in the undergraduate Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation program at Lokman Hekim University, Faculty of Health Sciences, who have completed theoretical coursework related to orthotic and prosthetic rehabilitation. A total of 133 students (68 third-year and 65 fourth-year) participated in the study.
Trial design
Design model
Other
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Treatments tested in this trial
Administration of the Prosthetics and Orthotics Awareness Questionnaire
Other interventionParticipants will complete the 32-item Prosthetics and Orthotics Awareness Questionnaire and a demographic information form once through an online survey. The questionnaire assesses students' self-reported knowledge, perceived self-efficacy, attitudes, educational needs, and views regarding multidisciplinary collaboration in prosthetics and orthotics rehabilitation. Completion of the forms is expected to take approximately 10-15 minutes. No therapeutic, educational, or behavioral intervention will be administered.
Treatment groups
120 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Third-Year Physiotherapy Students1 intervention
Group B: Fourth-Year Physiotherapy Students1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Knowledge, Self-Efficacy, and Attitude Scores on the Orthotics and Prosthetics Awareness Questionnaire
Participants completed the Orthotics and Prosthetics Awareness Questionnaire, a 32-item self-report survey developed by the investigators and rated on a 5-point Likert scale (1=Strongly Disagree, 5=Strongly Agree). The questionnaire has three subdimensions: Knowledge (11 items, e.g., ability to define orthoses/prostheses and their clinical indications), Self-Efficacy (9 items, e.g., confidence in selecting devices and contributing to patient rehabilitation), and Attitude (12 items, e.g., beliefs about the importance of orthotic/prosthetic care and interprofessional collaboration). Subdimension scores were calculated by summing item responses; higher scores indicate greater self-reported knowledge, self-efficacy, and positive attitude toward orthotic and prosthetic rehabilitation.
Time frame
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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