Khadija, Amin and Sana, Hafeez and Danish, Hassan and Saima, Zahid (2018) Physical Activity and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Physiotherapists. Journal of Riphah College of Rehabilitation, 6. pp. 51-55. ISSN 2226-9215
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Background: Physiotherapy profession demands high manual work. The objective of this study was to determine the level of physical activity and health-related quality of life among academic and clinical physiotherapists. Methods: A cross sectional survey was conducted in which 200 physiotherapists were included. The data was collected from different universities and hospitals. Physical activity was measured through the Active Australia survey and health- related quality of life was measured through SF- 36. Results: Results of this study showed that 72% of the physiotherapists were active. 81.9% of the clinical, 58.3% of the academic and 71.2% working in both were active. According to quality of life, therapist’s physical health summary is 68.2 ± 18.36 and mental health summary is 63.0 ± 18.3. Conclusion: From this study it was concluded that clinical physiotherapists had a high level of physical activity than academic therapists. The other conclusion is that therapists working for 6 hours had a good health status as compared to those working for more than 6 hours.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Rehabilitation and Allied Health Sciences(FRAHS) > Riphah College of Rehabiliation and Allied Sciences Lahore |
| Depositing User: | Dr Saima zahid |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Oct 2020 08:58 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2020 08:58 |
| URI: | http://research.riphah.edu.pk/id/eprint/916 |
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