Disabilities Multiple, Disability Hearing, Disability, Intellectual, Disability Physical, Disability, Vision
Conditions
Keywords
Physiotherapy students, Nursing students, Disability, Attitude
Brief summary
The general objective of this study is to know the attitude towards people with disability of Nursing and Physiotherapy students in the University of Cadiz. This is a descriptive, correlational, transversal and synchronous study.
Detailed description
Attitudes determine our behaviour to some extent. Health professionals should have a global perspective of disability. They must provide treatment to people with disability and care for them, but also should accept them with no judgements or discrimination. The general objective of this study is to know the attitude towards people with disability of Nursing and Physiotherapy students in the University of Cadiz. Method: This is a descriptive, correlational, transversal and synchronous study. A total of 200 students participate in the study (91 from the Bachelor's Degree in Nursing and 109 from the Bachelor's Degree in Physiotherapy). The 'Attitudes towards people with disability Scale' was used.
Interventions
OTHER'Attitudes towards people with disability Scale'
The scale 'Attitudes towards people with disability' was completed by the participants. This scale allows the analysis of the attitudes towards disability trough a score whose lower values indicate a more negative attitude and higher values indicate more positive attitudes.
Sponsors
University of Cadiz
University of Extremadura
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
21 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Students from the Physiotherapy Bachelor´s Degree of the university of Cadiz * Students from the Nursing Bachelor´s Degree of the university of Cadiz, Campus of Jerez de la Frontera and Cadiz
Exclusion criteria
* None
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Attitude towards disability | Through study completion, an average of 11 months | The 'Attitudes towards people with disabilities scale' (G form) is the assessment tool used (Verdugo M., Jenaro C. y Arias B., 1994) to assess the attitude that students from Physiotherapy and Nursing in the University of Cadiz have. This scale allows the analysis of the attitudes towards disability trough a score whose lower values indicate a more negative attitude and higher values indicate more positive attitudes. |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed