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Sleep is critical for health, well-being, and recovery after injury or illness. Recognizing sleep disorders as part of physical therapists' (PT) roles is gaining traction. This secondary analysis compared PTs' education, perceptions, and attitudes regarding sleep in the United States, Jordan, and Brazil. Means and standard deviations (SD) were calculated for continuous variables; frequency distributions for categorical data. Fisher's exact tests assessed group differences at a <0.05, with post-hoc analyses using Bonferroni correction at a <0.017. Participants included 76 U.S. PTs (83% female, age 41.99 ± 10.94), 87 Jordanian PTs (57% female; age 28.13 ± 4.44), and 164 Brazilian PTs (82% female; age 36.03 ± 7.93). Over 90% agreed on the importance of sleep and that PTs should inquire about sleep issues. However, most lacked sleep education in PT school (64-79%) or after graduation (65-93%). Only 26-56% routinely assessed sleep, 21-43% educated patients on its importance, and 18-59% provided guidance on improving sleep quality. Differences existed in attitudes, education, and practices regarding sleep across countries. Despite recognizing sleep's importance, PTs lack the necessary education to address it adequately. Equipping PTs globally to address sleep issues is a critical opportunity to enhance sleep health and mitigate health consequences of poor sleep worldwide.
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The Journal of Allied Health is the official publication of the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions (ASAHP) . The Journal is the only interdisciplinary allied health periodical, publishing scholarly works related to research and development, feature articles, research abstracts and book reviews. Readers of The Journal comprise allied health leaders, educators, faculty and students. Subscribers to The Journal consist of domestic and international college and university libraries, health organizations and hospitals. Almost 20% of subscribers, in the last three years, have been from outside of the United States. Subscribers include the World Health Organization, the American Medical Association and major universities.