Attitudes Towards Disability of Nursing and Physiotherapy Students

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The general objective of this study is to know the attitude towards people with disability of Nursing and Physiotherapy students in the University of Cadiz. This is a descriptive, correlational, transversal and synchronous study.

Detailed Description
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Attitudes determine our behaviour to some extent. Health professionals should have a global perspective of disability. They must provide treatment to people with disability and care for them, but also should accept them with no judgements or discrimination. The general objective of this study is to know the attitude towards people with disability of Nursing and Physiotherapy students in the University of Cadiz. Method: This is a descriptive, correlational, transversal and synchronous study. A total of 200 students participate in the study (91 from the Bachelor's Degree in Nursing and 109 from the Bachelor's Degree in Physiotherapy). The 'Attitudes towards people with disability Scale' was used.

Official Title
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Attitudes Towards Disability of Nursing and Physiotherapy Students

Conditions
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Disability Physical, Disabilities Multiple, Disability Hearing, Disability, Vision, Disability, Intellectual

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: 'Attitudes towards people with disability Scale'


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Students from the Physiotherapy Bachelor´s Degree of the university of Cadiz Students from the Nursing Bachelor´s Degree of the university of Cadiz, Campus of Jerez de la Frontera and Cadiz Exclusion Criteria: None

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 21 Years
Maximum Age: 60 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Physiotherapy students<br>Students enrolled in the Physiotherapy Bachelor´s Degree of the University of Cadiz, Spain | Other: 'Attitudes towards people with disability Scale'<br>* The scale 'Attitudes towards people with disability' was completed by the participants. This scale allows the analysis of the attitudes towards disability trough a score whose lower values indicate a more negative attitude and higher values indicate more positive attitudes.<br>|
| Nursing students<br>Students enrolled in the Nursing Bachelor´s Degree of the University of Cadiz, Spain | Other: 'Attitudes towards people with disability Scale'<br>* The scale 'Attitudes towards people with disability' was completed by the participants. This scale allows the analysis of the attitudes towards disability trough a score whose lower values indicate a more negative attitude and higher values indicate more positive attitudes.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Attitude towards disability | The 'Attitudes towards people with disabilities scale' (G form) is the assessment tool used (Verdugo M., Jenaro C. y Arias B., 1994) to assess the attitude that students from Physiotherapy and Nursing in the University of Cadiz have. This scale allows the analysis of the attitudes towards disability trough a score whose lower values indicate a more negative attitude and higher values indicate more positive attitudes. | Through study completion, an average of 11 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Physiotherapy students, Nursing students, Disability, Attitude