Perception of Touch in the Physiotherapist-Patient Relationship
The aim of the study was to find out how values and norms related to touch are perceived in the physiotherapist-patient relationship. 149 physiotherapists and 100 patients participated in the study. The questionnaire used in the survey was prepared in two versions, both containing the same 30 items...
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| author | Bystrzycka Karolina Przyłuska-Fiszer Alicja Rekowski Witold Wójcik Agnieszka |
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| description | The aim of the study was to find out how values and norms related to touch are perceived in the physiotherapist-patient relationship. 149 physiotherapists and 100 patients participated in the study. The questionnaire used in the survey was prepared in two versions, both containing the same 30 items describing the use of therapeutic touch from two perspectives. The respondents had to provide their answers on 6-point ordinal scales with the centre excluded. In our analyses we treated the applied research tool as a scale of fulfilment of touch-related norms in the case of therapists and, respectively, a scale of expectations of fulfilment of these norms in the case of patients. The reliability of the tool was checked with Cronbach’s α method. Factor analysis, Student’s t-test and one-way analysis of variance were used to develop the obtained results. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6f0e4f1716634861b26846670ac9d3282023-05-29T11:06:08ZengSciendoPhysical Culture and Sport: Studies and Research1899-48492023-06-01991556510.2478/pcssr-2023-0013Perception of Touch in the Physiotherapist-Patient RelationshipBystrzycka Karolina0Przyłuska-Fiszer Alicja1Rekowski Witold2Wójcik Agnieszka31Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education, Warsaw, Poland1Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education, Warsaw, Poland1Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education, Warsaw, Poland1Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education, Warsaw, PolandThe aim of the study was to find out how values and norms related to touch are perceived in the physiotherapist-patient relationship. 149 physiotherapists and 100 patients participated in the study. The questionnaire used in the survey was prepared in two versions, both containing the same 30 items describing the use of therapeutic touch from two perspectives. The respondents had to provide their answers on 6-point ordinal scales with the centre excluded. In our analyses we treated the applied research tool as a scale of fulfilment of touch-related norms in the case of therapists and, respectively, a scale of expectations of fulfilment of these norms in the case of patients. The reliability of the tool was checked with Cronbach’s α method. Factor analysis, Student’s t-test and one-way analysis of variance were used to develop the obtained results.https://doi.org/10.2478/pcssr-2023-0013physiotherapytherapeutic touchpatient-therapist relationshipethics of touch |
| spellingShingle | Bystrzycka Karolina Przyłuska-Fiszer Alicja Rekowski Witold Wójcik Agnieszka Perception of Touch in the Physiotherapist-Patient Relationship Physical Culture and Sport: Studies and Research physiotherapy therapeutic touch patient-therapist relationship ethics of touch |
| title | Perception of Touch in the Physiotherapist-Patient Relationship |
| title_full | Perception of Touch in the Physiotherapist-Patient Relationship |
| title_fullStr | Perception of Touch in the Physiotherapist-Patient Relationship |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perception of Touch in the Physiotherapist-Patient Relationship |
| title_short | Perception of Touch in the Physiotherapist-Patient Relationship |
| title_sort | perception of touch in the physiotherapist patient relationship |
| topic | physiotherapy therapeutic touch patient-therapist relationship ethics of touch |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/pcssr-2023-0013 |
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