Topic:
Compliance to Physiotherapy home programs in patients suffering from osteoarthritis.
Background:
Reasons for choosing the topic:
During our community outreach we came across numerous patients suffering from osteoarthritis. The Physiotherapy outreach programme only visits the respective clinics once a month and therefore we feel it is important to establish whether or not these patients are complaint to their home exercise programs.
Aim of the study:
To establish whether or not patients with osteoarthritis are compliant with their home exercise program.
Target Population:
Objectives:
To establish demographic data of the patients.
To determine the extent to which patients are compliant to their exercise programs.
To establish reasons for non-compiance.
Tools used:
A self-constructed questionnaire will be used.
Ethical Consideration:
Significance of the study:
Method:
A self-constructed questionnaire was developed in three languages namely: English, Venda and Shangaan. These questionnaires were handed out and completed by the participants at the above mentioned clinics. Microsoft Excel was used for data analysis.
Results:
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