Clinical trial NCT05335291: Turkish Validity and Reliability of Physiotherapist Self-Efficacy Questionnaire
Official title: Turkish Validity and Reliability Study of Physiotherapist Self-Efficacy Questionnaire
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Physiotherapy
Self Efficacy
Education
Keywords: physiotherapy
self efficacy
clinical practice
validation
Lead sponsor: Istanbul Bilgi University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-04-19
Enrollment: 122
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The physiotherapy and rehabilitation students who have done internship in at least one institution or graduate physiotherapists will be included in the study. Participants will re-answer the Turkish version of Physiotherapist Self-Efficacy Questionnaire within one week. They will also answer the General Self-efficacy Scale.

Brief summary: The aim of this study is to provide Turkish validation and determine the validity of the "Physiotherapist Self-Efficacy Questionnaire".

Detailed description: Self-efficacy is defined as one's belief in one's existing capacity to perform the necessary behavior in a specific situation. "Physiotherapist Self-Efficacy Questionnaire" has been developed to be used in the assessment of self-efficacy for the field of physiotherapy and rehabilitation. In this scale, there are 13 items about how competent the individual feels in clinical assessment, problem solving, planning, and communication related to caseloads.

It has been shown that the scale is a valid and reliable method in cardiorespiratory, musculoskeletal and neurological clinical fields, which are special areas of physiotherapy and rehabilitation.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Able to speak, read, understand and write in Turkish
* Physiotherapy and rehabilitation students who have participated in at least one clinical practice
* Physiotherapists working in the clinic

Exclusion Criteria:

* Having cognitive problems

Primary outcomes:
measure: Turkish version of Physiotherapist Self-Efficacy Questionnaire-cardiorespiratory area
timeFrame: Baseline and after one week
measure: Turkish version of Physiotherapist Self-Efficacy Questionnaire-musculoskeletal area
timeFrame: Baseline and after one week
measure: Turkish version of Physiotherapist Self-Efficacy Questionnaire-neurological area
timeFrame: Baseline and after one week
Secondary outcomes:
measure: General Self-Efficacy Scale
timeFrame: Baseline
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Istanbul Bilgi University
Study officials:
affiliation: Istanbul Bilgi University
name: Aycan Cakmak Reyhan, PT, phD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Marmara University
name: Tugba Kuru Colak, PT, phD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Aypay, A. (2010). The Adaptation Study of General Self-Efficacy (GSE) Scale to Turkish. Inonu University Journal of the Faculty of Education (INUJFE), 11(2).
citation: van Lankveld W, Jones A, Brunnekreef JJ, Seeger JPH, Bart Staal J. Assessing physical therapist students' self-efficacy: measurement properties of the Physiotherapist Self-Efficacy (PSE) questionnaire. BMC Med Educ. 2017 Dec 12;17(1):250. doi: 10.1186/s12909-017-1094-x.