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.
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.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
200
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.
University of Cadiz
Cadiz, Spain
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.
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 11 months
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