EVALUATION OF PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDE, JOB SATISFACTION AND BURNOUT LEVELS OF PHYSIOTHERAPISTS

NCT06687707 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Gurbuz06
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 140
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Our study was planned to investigate the professional attitudes and satisfaction levels of physiotherapists. It has affected each professional group in different ways. The effects on health workers such as doctors and nurses have been studied in various studies. However, there are no studies on the effects on physiotherapists. After individuals start their profession In time, they develop an attitude towards their profession through cognitive and emotional orientations. Level of interest in the profession, academic education activities related to the profession, working places, the institution where they work, the level of professional satisfaction of physiotherapists determinant factors of the disease. This study is a prospective questionnaire study. A questionnaire created through Google forms The survey will be conducted by reaching physiotherapists. The survey will start after ethics commission permission is obtained. Age, gender of individuals, year of graduation, level of education, marital status, institution, position/task, occupation of the manager of the organisation, most difficult patient group, the professional field he/she feels most deficient in, the number of training-courses he/she has taken related to the profession after graduation, after graduation The number of congresses-seminars-symposiums related to the profession, the status of following current developments will be questioned; attitude towards physiotherapy profession scale, Minnesota job satisfaction scale, motivation feedback questionnaire, Maslach burnout scale will be applied 1 time. The data will be analysed with SPSS 21.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, Illinois, USA).

Conditions

Health Personnel Attitude; Job Satisfaction; Professional Burnout

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Maslach Burnout Scale

  Total score is calculated and used in the analysis

  5 minute

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Minnesota Job Satisfaction Scale

  5 minute

• Attitude Scale Towards Physiotherapy Profession

  5 minute

Study Arms (1)

Physiotherapist

Other: Attitude Scale towards Physiotherapy Profession; Other: Minnesota Job Satisfaction Scale; Other: Maslach Burnout Scale

Interventions

Attitude Scale towards Physiotherapy Profession OTHER

It is a questionnaire that evaluates the attitudes of physiotherapists with 35 questions under 3 headings: professional satisfaction, qualifications required by the profession, and concerns about the profession. It was developed in 2018 by Begümhan Turhan. In this scale, which is a Likert-type questionnaire, each question is scored between 0 and 5 points. The minimum score that can be obtained from the scale is 35 and the maximum score is 175. A high score indicates that physiotherapists have a positive attitude towards their profession

Physiotherapist

Minnesota Job Satisfaction Scale OTHER

It is a 20-item Likert-type questionnaire. Scores less than 3 points indicate low job satisfaction. Turkish validity and reliability studies were conducted. The validity and reliability study in Turkey was conducted by Baycan and the Cronbach's alpha value of the scale was found to be 0.77. It is a tool consisting of 20 items with features that reveal internal and external job satisfaction factors. The neutral satisfaction score of the scale is 3. If the score obtained from the scale is less than 3, job satisfaction is considered low, and if it is greater than 3, job satisfaction is considered high.

Physiotherapist

Maslach Burnout Scale OTHER

The Burnout Inventory, which was developed by Maslach and Jackson (1981) and introduced to the literature under Maslach's name, is a seven-point Likert-type scale and consists of a total of 22 items and three subscales. Among these subscales, emotional exhaustion subscale consists of 9 items, depersonalisation subscale consists of 5 items and personal accomplishment subscale consists of 8 items. Scale items are scored as '1 never' and '7 always'. The Turkish validity and reliability of the questionnaire was conducted by Burhan Çapri. It is a 5-point Likert-type scale measured with 0: never 4: always options. High scores are expected

Physiotherapist

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 21 Years+
• Sex: all
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The study will include individuals who graduated from the department of physiotherapy and rehabilitation and are actively working as physiotherapists. Individuals will be informed about the study and will be asked to answer the questionnaires via Google forms. Individuals will be asked to approve the consent form.

You may qualify if:

• To have a bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation To be actively practicing the profession of physiotherapist in any institution

You may not qualify if:

• Graduated but not working as a physiotherapist.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Kırıkkale University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Kırıkkale University

Kırıkkale, 71450, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Burnout, Professional

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Occupational Stress; Occupational Diseases; Burnout, Psychological; Stress, Psychological; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Asistant

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 12, 2024
• First Posted: November 13, 2024
• Study Start: September 6, 2023
• Primary Completion: January 15, 2024
• Study Completion: October 1, 2024
• Last Updated: November 13, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share

Locations

TU (1)