Awareness Among Physiotherapists About Effectiveness of Sensory Integration Therapy on Cerebral Palsy Population.

Awareness Among Physiotherapists of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa About the Effectiveness of Sensory Integration Therapy on Cerebral Palsy Population.

The study is to interrogate the awareness level of physiotherapists that are working in the region of KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, to access whether they know about sensory integration therapy or they use it for the patients of cerebral palsy in their treatment plan or not.

The study title is ''AWARENESS AMONG PHYSICAL THERAPISTS OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SENSORY INTEGRATION THERAPY ON CEREBRAL PALSY POPULATION.' it is a cross-sectional study that will be conducted in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The data will be conducted by 110 physical therapists on a self designed tool, that will allow us to know about the awareness among the physical therapist of this particular region to know if they are using sensory integration therapy in the treatment plan of the children suffering from cerebral palsy to know whether the sensory issues are being addressed over there by this therapy or not. Another purpose of this study is to make the therapists aware about sensory integration therapy and its efficacy in treating sensory processing and sensory integration issues present in the children that are suffering from cerebral palsy. The data will be collected by the physical therapists that are currently working in various hospitals of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa located in different regions of the province.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Physical Therapists working across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa representative of all divisions of the province.
• Physical Therapists working as clinicians or working in healthcare vicinities from at least 2 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Non practicing Physical Therapists
• Freshly graduated Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapists working in areas other than Khyber Pakhtunkhwa