Knowledge, confidence, and clinical experience of physiotherapists and multiprofessional team on pulmonary rehabilitation
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https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-2950/e23007724ptKeywords:
Lung diseases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Rehabilitation, Physical Therapists, Health Care ProfessionalAbstract
The knowledge deficit of health professionals has been
a barrier to expanding and implementing pulmonary rehabilitation
(PR) services, despite its reported benefits for individuals with
chronic respiratory disease (CRD). This survey is part of a larger
project to implement PR in the Brazilian public health system,
by assessing the preparedness of health care professionals from two
Brazilian cities to perform it. A self-administered questionnaire was
used to assess the knowledge (19 questions), training (7 questions),
confidence (10 questions), and clinical experience (8 questions)
of physical therapists (PT) and the multiprofessional team (MT)
before a PR workshop. In total, 44 PT and 231 MT answered the
questionnaire. The mean total knowledge score was 10±3 for PT
and 6±3 for MT. Few physical therapist reported having “a lot” of
experience (25%) and confidence (22.7%) to perform PR, as well as
sufficient training to conduct the six-minute walk test (27.3%).Even
fewer MT reported having “a lot” of experience (10%) and sufficient
training (4.8%) to perform PR, as well as to plan the educational
program for patients (10%) and the confidence to refer patients to
PR (6.5%). This is the first study to evaluate the preparedness of
professionals from the Brazilian public health network to provide
PR. Notably, both PT and MT have low preparation to perform PR
in the studied cities, reinforcing the need for continuing education.
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