Physical therapists’ choices, views and agreements regarding non-pharmacological and non-surgical interventions for knee osteoarthritis patients: a mixed-methods study

Gonçalves, Rui S.; Pimenta, Nuno; Martins, Pedro N.; Ferreira, Ricardo M.

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Physical therapists’ choices, views and agreements regarding non-pharmacological and non-surgical interventions for knee osteoarthritis patients: a mixed-methods study

2023Journal article

dc.contributor.author	Gonçalves, Rui S.
dc.contributor.author	Pimenta, Nuno
dc.contributor.author	Martins, Pedro N.
dc.contributor.author	Ferreira, Ricardo M.
dc.date.accessioned	2024-01-10T11:54:11Z
dc.date.available	2024-01-10T11:54:11Z
dc.date.issued	2023
dc.description.abstract	The aims of this study are to collect the most common non-pharmacological and non-surgical interventions used by the Portuguese physical therapists in their knee osteoarthritis patients, and to deeper understand the factors associated to their intervention choices. Methods: This study incorporated a mixed-methods design. For the quantitative data it was choose an e-survey (with 25 close-end questions, plus general information of the study and a clinical vignette), retrieving sociodemographic and self-reported practice on knee osteoarthritis information. It was analysed response frequencies and associations between variables with logistic regression analyses. For the qualitative data, it was chosen to perform semi-structured interviews in purposefully selected physical therapists to include different sociodemographic factors and survey responses regarding the physical therapists’ interventions chosen. After the interviews, the audios were collected, anonymised, transcribed verbatim, and the texts explored by the thematic approach. Results: From the 277 PTs that shown interest in participating in the study, 120 fully completed the questionnaire and, from those, 10 participated in the interviews. The most chosen interventions included Resistance Exercise, Manual Therapy, Nutrition/Weight Loss, Self-care/Education, Stretching and Aquatic Exercise. Furthermore, it seems that PTs’ individual characteristics (age, experience, and clinical reasoning), patient’s characteristics (clinical findings and preferences), and work-related factors (facility type, work environment and available resources) are the main actors responsible for an intervention chosen. Conclusions: In the Portuguese PTs context the most important interventions are Exercise, Manual Therapy, Nutrition/Weight Loss, and Self-care/Education; these interventions chosen may be influenced by PT, patient and work-related factors.	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citation	Gonçalves, Rui S.; Pimenta, Nuno; Martins, Pedro N.; Ferreira, Ricardo M. (2023). Physical therapists’ choices, views and agreements regarding non-pharmacological and non-surgical interventions for knee osteoarthritis patients: a mixed-methods study. Mediterranean Journal of Rheumatology. ISSN 2459-3516. 34:2, p. 188-219	pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi	10.31138/mjr.34.2.188	pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn	2529-198X
dc.identifier.issn	2459-3516
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10198/29160
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	Greek Rheumatology Society and Professional Association of Rheumatologists	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Physical therapy	pt_PT
dc.subject	Knee osteoarthritis	pt_PT
dc.subject	Non-pharmacological interventions	pt_PT
dc.subject	Non-surgical interventions	pt_PT
dc.subject	Research Subject Categories::INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS::Sports	pt_PT
dc.title	Physical therapists’ choices, views and agreements regarding non-pharmacological and non-surgical interventions for knee osteoarthritis patients: a mixed-methods study	pt_PT
dc.type	journal article
dspace.entity.type	Publication
oaire.citation.endPage	219	pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue	2	pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage	188	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	Mediterranean Journal of Rheumatology	pt_PT
oaire.citation.volume	34	pt_PT
rcaap.rights	openAccess	pt_PT
rcaap.type	article	pt_PT