Profile of practitioners, and factors influencing home care physiotherapy model of practice in Nigeria. Issue 3 (2nd July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Onyeso, Ogochukwu K.K.; Umunnah, Joseph O.; Ezema, Charles I.; Anyachukwu, Canice C.; Nwankwo, Maduabuchukwu J.; Odole, Adesola C.; Oke, Kayode I.; Bello, Bashir
• Is Part Of: Home health care services quarterly. Volume 39:Issue 3(2020)
• Page Start: 168
• Page End: 183
• Publication Date: 2020-07-02
• Subjects: Billing -- home health care -- direct-access -- Nigeria -- physiotherapy -- practice -- rehabilitation -- regulation; Home care services -- Periodicals; Home care services -- United States -- Periodicals; Home Care Services -- Periodicals; 362.14
• DOI: 10.1080/01621424.2020.1754315
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0162-1424

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The present study investigated factors that influenced home care physiotherapy (HCP) services and profile of the practitioners in Nigeria. It also investigated if the service was registered with the Regulatory Agency. Three hundred and thirty conveniently sampled physiotherapists in Nigeria participated in the cross-sectional survey. A newly developed, nine-part, content-validated questionnaire was used to obtain information about the demographics, sources of referral, case types, frequency of treatment, costing, benefits, and challenges of the HCP, job satisfaction, and registration status. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. All the respondents (100%) were involved in HCP irrespective of their professional profile. The mean duration of practice experience was 9.09 ± 7.34 years. Stroke (41.8%) was the most prevalent case treated. Poor working environment ( M = 4.16, R = 1–5), transportation cost ( M = 4.16, R = 1–5) and intrusion by impostors ( M = 3.66, R = 1–5), were some of the factors that had impact on the HCP services. A preponderance of HCP services was not registered with the Regulatory Agency in Nigeria.