scholarly journals A questionnaire survey of difficulties in clinical practice perceived by physical therapy students

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (12) ◽  
pp. 856-863
Author(s):  
Masae Shinozaki ◽  
Takashi Fukaya ◽  
Yasutsugu Asakawa ◽  
Yukari Ohashi
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Physical Therapy Students

scholarly journals Stress Sources of Physical Therapy Students’ and Behaviors of Coping in Clinical Practice: A Palestinian Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 004695802094464
Author(s):  
Ahmad Ayed ◽  
Mosab Amoudi
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Coping Behavior ◽  
Physical Therapy Students ◽  
Coping Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
And Coping

Physical therapy students will be exposed to stressors across clinical practice. The aggregate stress conveys to the new behavioral responses occur through the clinical training. The study aimed to examine the stress sources faced by physical therapy students and behaviors of coping used in their clinical practice. A cross-section study with a sample of 83 physical therapy students. Data were collected through Perceived Stress Scale and Coping Behavioral Inventory Scale. The mean of perceived stress by the respondents was 66.3 (standard deviation [SD] = 17.01) and the coping behaviors mean was 35.15 (SD = 9.67). The most common type of factor stressors perceived was looking for care of patients (M = 16.6 ± 4.4) and the most common coping behavior was problem solving (M = 13.8±6.6). The study confirmed that the perceived stress and coping behaviors of physical therapy students were moderate in clinical practice. Stress from the care of patients is the greatest stressful, and problem solving was the greatest coping.

scholarly journals Stress Among Bachelor Physical Therapy Students in Israel during Clinical Practice and Its Association with Academic Achievements– Results of a Longitudinal Study

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamar Jacob ◽  
Ofira Einstein
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Stressful Situation ◽  
Physical Therapy Students ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Academic Achievements ◽  
The Relationship

Purposes: This study aimed 1) to evaluate perceived stress of a cohort of bachelor physical therapy (PT) students from Ariel University in Israel across three clinical practice periods; 2) to evaluate the relationship between perceived stress and academic achievements; 3) to evaluate the relationship between students' perceived stress and clinical practice periods' order and content; and 4) to identify clinical and socio-demographic variables related to perceived stress. Methods: A longitudinal study was conducted among a cohort of undergraduate PT students during their first, second, and third clinical practice assignments. Data were collected using an online questionnaire. The Perceived Stress Scale 10 (PSS) and the Scale for Assessing Academic Stress (SAAS) were used to evaluate perceived stress. A ten-degree Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was used to evaluate perceived difficulty. Students' grade point averages from the first three years of study were considered academic achievements. An ANOVA was used to evaluate the relationship between perceived stress and academic achievements, and between clinical practice order and area and the socio-demographic characteristics. Results: A total of 39 undergraduate physical therapy students participated in the study. The degrees of PSS and SAAS were higher than those reported previously in undergraduate PT students. Perceived stress was not related to academic achievement, clinical practice order or area, or to socio-demographic characteristics. Conclusions: Participation in clinical practice in general might be a stressful situation, but no specific clinical or socio-demographic factors that might be a source of higher levels of perceived stress were identified. As undergraduate students are away from the campus during clinical practice periods, it is suggested that clinical instructors, who are in daily contact with the students, should receive guidance regarding the ways to identify individuals who present signs of increased stress and the types of strategies that can help students cope with stress in real time.

scholarly journals Assessing Physical Therapy Students' Performance during Clinical Practice

2014 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Murphy ◽  
Megan Dalton ◽  
Diana Dawes
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Physical Therapy Students

scholarly journals ASSOCIATION OF STRESS LEVEL WITH GENDER, SEMESTER OF STUDY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE IN UNDERGRADUATE PHYSICAL THERAPY STUDENTS: A CROSS SECTIONAL SURVEY

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 1239-42
Author(s):  
Hafiza Sana Ashraf ◽  
Maria Sohail ◽  
Fahad Tanveer ◽  
Haris Farooq ◽  
Haleema Masood
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Stress Level ◽  
P Value ◽  
Mild Stress ◽  
Physical Therapy Students ◽  
Severe Stress ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Moderate Stress

Objective: To find association of stress level with gender, semester of study and clinical practice in undergraduate physical therapy students. Study Design: Cross sectional observational survey. Place and Duration of Study: Superior University, University of Management and Technology, University of Lahore, Lahore Medical and Dental College and Imperial University, from Apr to Jul 2019. Methodology: Study was conducted on 358 students of physical therapy. Non-probability purposive sampling technique was used for data collection. Standard student Stress Inventory scale was used for the measurement of stress among students. Results: Mean age of all the students in this study was 21.26 ± 1.997 with minimum of 18 years and with maximum of 25 years. There were 254 (70.9%) female students and 104 (29.1%) male students who participated in the study. Results showed 14.15% “Mild Stress”, 58.44% “Moderate Stress” and 27.4% “Severe Stress” in “Pre-Clinical Stage (1st - 4th semester)”. Chi-square test described a p-value of <0.001 (less than alpha level, α=0.05) for gender, semester of study and clinical practice which showed a strong association among these variables and students’ stress level. Conclusion: Stress levels were more significant in females than males. “Severe Stress” was more prominent in ninth semester, “Moderate Stress” was more prevalent in third semester students and “Mild Stress” was highly present in sixth semester. Level of stress was more worthy of attention in “Pre-Clinical” students who were not doing any clinical practice.

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