Open AccessPERCEPTION OF CLIENTS REGARDING ROLE OF PHYSICAL THERAPY IN ANTENATAL CARE - A CROSS SECTIONAL SURVEY ON PREGNANT FEMALES WITH MULTIPLE PREGNANCIES ATTENDING ANTENATAL OPD
Author(s) -
Deeba Islam,
Muhammad Sarfaraz,
Rubina Kanwal,
Saad Saleem
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
pakistan journal of rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2311-3863
pISSN - 2309-7833
DOI - 10.36283/pjr.zu.3.2/004
Subject(s) - medicine , cross sectional study , perception , family medicine , tertiary care , pregnancy , obstetrics , physical therapy , psychology , pathology , neuroscience , biology , genetics
OBJECTIVEPerception of pregnant women concerning the role of Physical Therapy inantenatal care with multiple pregnancies.STUDY DESIGNA Cross Sectional Survey.STUDY SETTINGS & PARTICIPANTSThe study was conducted on a 100 pregnant women at three tertiary carehospitals in Karachi.RESULTSIt was found that these women were well informed about the Physical therapy(76%) but everyone did not practice physiotherapy in their multi-pregnancies.CONCLUSIONThe results show that the perception and knowledge of women regardingphysical therapy exercise during the multiple pregnancies is reasonable.KEY WORDSPregnant Females, Multiple Pregnancies, Antenatal Care, Physical Therapy,Perception, Kegal Exercises.