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| Title |
Exploring barriers to accessing physiotherapy services for stroke patients at Tema general hospital, Ghana
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| Published in |
Archives of Physiotherapy, July 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s40945-017-0037-5 |
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| Authors |
Mercy Nketia-Kyere, Genevieve Cecilia Aryeetey, Justice Nonvignon, Moses Aikins |
| Abstract |
Physiotherapy has been shown to reduce the risk of disability among stroke patients. Poor adherence to physiotherapy can negatively affect outcomes and healthcare cost. However, very little is known about barriers especially to physiotherapy services in Ghana. The objective of this study was to assess the barriers to physiotherapy services for stroke patients at Tema General Hospital (TGH). The individual/personal and health system barriers to physiotherapy services at TGH were determined. A cross-sectional study design was employed. A simple random sampling technique was used to recruit 207 respondents for a face-to-face interview. Interviewer-administered questionnaires were used to collect data on individual/personal barriers of respondents to physiotherapy services and were described using the Likert's scale. Health system barriers were assessed using a self-structured questionnaire which had section under the following heading: human factors, physiotherapy modalities, physical barriers and material/equipment factors. The time spent waiting for physiotherapy and attitude of physiotherapist towards patients; physiotherapy modality such as electrotherapy, exercise therapy and massage therapy among others were some of the indices measured. Respondents' adherence to Medication was assessed with the Morisky 8-item medication adherence questionnaire. Data were entered and analysed using Epi info 7 and STATA 12.0. Associations between the variables were determined using a chi-square test and logistic regression model was used to test the strength of associations between the independent and the dependent variables. The level of statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. The results showed that majority (76.3%) of the respondents had economic barrier as their main individual/personal barrier to physiotherapy services. For medication adherence level, patients with low medication adherence level were about 21 times the odds of defaulting on accessing physiotherapy services five times or more as compared to those with medium adherence level (OR 20.63, 95% CI 8.96, 42.97). It was concluded in the study that individual/personal barriers of stroke patients were the significant barriers to accessing physiotherapy services at Tema General Hospital. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 8 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 25% |
| Ghana | 1 | 13% |
| Uganda | 1 | 13% |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 13% |
| Italy | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 2 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 75% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 13% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 70 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 70 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 14 | 20% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 16% |
| Researcher | 5 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 6% |
| Lecturer | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 9 | 13% |
| Unknown | 24 | 34% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 15 | 21% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 17% |
| Engineering | 3 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 4% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 8 | 11% |
| Unknown | 27 | 39% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 August 2019.
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#5,798,776
of 23,743,910 outputs
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#73
of 148 outputs
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#88,389
of 314,601 outputs
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#3
of 6 outputs
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