{"title":"Patient-perceived Barriers to Rehabilitation at Physical Therapy Clinics: A Qualitative Insight","authors":"M. Iqbal","doi":"10.22377/AJP.V14I03.3763","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Objective: This study was conducted to investigate patients perceived barriers to rehabilitation. Methods: A qualitative study was designed using grounded theory and inductive approach that included a semi-structured interview checklist concerning patients’ perceived barriers to physical therapy service. The transcript was analyzed using ATLAS.ti software and a thematic analysis was conducted. Codes were generated and analyzed by semantic linkages and network analysis. Results: A total of five themes were identified from qualitative analysis, namely, “treatment results pain,” “out-of-pocket expenditure,” “low perceived value for money,” “unavailability of caregiver,” and “unavailability of the therapist.” Conclusion: Apart from the barriers identified, a novel finding was the perception of intergender treatment as a barrier by female patients. This phenomenon not only has social implications that may contribute adversely to clinical goals for that patient.","PeriodicalId":8489,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Pharmaceutics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2020-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Asian Journal of Pharmaceutics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.22377/AJP.V14I03.3763","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Objective: This study was conducted to investigate patients perceived barriers to rehabilitation. Methods: A qualitative study was designed using grounded theory and inductive approach that included a semi-structured interview checklist concerning patients’ perceived barriers to physical therapy service. The transcript was analyzed using ATLAS.ti software and a thematic analysis was conducted. Codes were generated and analyzed by semantic linkages and network analysis. Results: A total of five themes were identified from qualitative analysis, namely, “treatment results pain,” “out-of-pocket expenditure,” “low perceived value for money,” “unavailability of caregiver,” and “unavailability of the therapist.” Conclusion: Apart from the barriers identified, a novel finding was the perception of intergender treatment as a barrier by female patients. This phenomenon not only has social implications that may contribute adversely to clinical goals for that patient.
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Character of the publications: -Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology -Formulation Design and Development -Drug Discovery and Development Interface -Manufacturing Science and Engineering -Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Drug Metabolism -Clinical Pharmacology, General Medicine and Translational Research -Physical Pharmacy and Biopharmaceutics -Novel Drug delivery system -Biotechnology & Microbiological evaluations -Regulatory Sciences