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Prosthetics-Orthotics Rehabilitation Awareness

NCT07734402 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2026-07-30

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Summary

Orthotic and prosthetic devices are essential rehabilitation tools for individuals with functional limitations resulting from amputation, musculoskeletal pathologies, neurological disorders, and congenital anomalies. Physiotherapists play a central role in orthotic and prosthetic rehabilitation, including need assessment, device selection, functional evaluation, patient education, and long-term follow-up. However, limited research has examined the knowledge, self-efficacy, and attitudes of physiotherapy students regarding this field during undergraduate education.

This descriptive, cross-sectional study aims to evaluate the knowledge, self-efficacy perception, and attitudes of undergraduate Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation students regarding orthotic and prosthetic rehabilitation. The study population consists of third- and fourth-year students enrolled in the Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation program at Lokman Hekim University, Faculty of Health Sciences, who have completed coursework related to orthotic and prosthetic rehabilitation and voluntarily agree to participate.

Data will be collected online via Google Forms using two tools: a demographic information form (age, gender, class level, grade point average, theoretical coursework, and clinical internship experience) and the Orthotics and Prosthetics Awareness Questionnaire. This 32-item questionnaire, developed by the investigators based on relevant literature and finalized through expert consultation using the Delphi technique, covers three subdimensions: Knowledge (11 items), Self-Efficacy (9 items), and Attitude (12 items), rated on a 5-point Likert scale.

The study will also examine whether knowledge, self-efficacy, and attitude scores differ according to class level, clinical experience (observation of devices and patients, level of participation in application processes), and academic performance. The findings are expected to contribute to the development of physiotherapy and rehabilitation curricula, strengthen interprofessional collaboration between physiotherapists and orthotist-prosthetists, and support the improvement of rehabilitation service quality in this field.

Conditions

  • Orthotic and Prosthetic Rehabilitation

Interventions

OTHER

Administration of the Prosthetics and Orthotics Awareness Questionnaire

Participants will complete the 32-item Prosthetics and Orthotics Awareness Questionnaire and a demographic information form once through an online survey. The questionnaire assesses students' self-reported knowledge, perceived self-efficacy, attitudes, educational needs, and views regarding multidisciplinary collaboration in prosthetics and orthotics rehabilitation. Completion of the forms is expected to take approximately 10-15 minutes. No therapeutic, educational, or behavioral intervention will be administered.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Lokman Hekim University

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Demet Öztürk, Assistant Professor · Lokman Hekim University

  • Dilem Can, Master's Student · Lokman Hekim University

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-08-01
Primary Completion
2026-09-01
Completion
2026-10-10

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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