Understanding Contextual Factors Effects and Their Implications for Italian Physiotherapists: Findings from a National Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT: An online cross-sectional survey was conducted using Google Docs software. The aim was to understand the management of contextual factors and to identify which are most relevant and which clinicians underestimate. A total of 1250 physiotherapists were chosen from the database of the Manual Therapists group mailing list (GTM-IFOMPT MO) from July to August 2020. A total of 699 responses were received that were considered valid (56%). Participants (40.83%) identified contextual factors (CFs) as "any element, even involuntary, with which the patient interacts during treatment". Physiotherapists individually chose the representation of CF with the "therapeutic relationship" (82.9%), followed by "therapeutic setting" (75.8%). This choice differed between participants belonging to different age g

SUBMITTER: Bisconti M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8226546 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature