The Organisation of Physiotherapy for People with Multiple Sclerosis Across Europe: A Multicentre Questionnaire Survey

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11120/16:43912250

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1750-6" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1750-6</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1750-6" target="_blank" >10.1186/s12913-016-1750-6</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Organisation of Physiotherapy for People with Multiple Sclerosis Across Europe: A Multicentre Questionnaire Survey

Original language description

Background: Understanding the organisational set-up of physiotherapy services across different countries is increasingly important as clinicians around the world use evidence to improve their practice. This also has to be taken into consideration when multi-centre international clinical trials are conducted. This survey aimed to systematically describe organisational aspects of physiotherapy services for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) across Europe. Methods: Representatives from 72 rehabilitation facilities within 23 European countries completed an online web-based questionnaire survey between 2013 and 2014. Countries were categorised according to four European regions (defined by United Nations Statistics). Similarities and differences between regions were examined. Results: Most participating centres specialized in rehabilitation (82 %) and neurology (60 %), with only 38 % specialising in MS. Of these, the Western based Specialist MS centres were predominately based on outpatient services), whilst the Eastern based European services were mostly inpatient in nature. In almost all participating countries, medical doctors - specialists in neurology (60 %) and in rehabilitation (64 %) - were responsible for referral to/prescription of physiotherapy. Physiotherapists were the most common members of the rehabilitation team; comprising 49 % of the team in Eastern countries compared to approximately 30 % in the rest of Europe. Teamwork was commonly adopted with some differences between Western and Eastern countries. Conclusion: This survey is the first to provide data about organisational aspects of physiotherapy for people with MS across Europe. Overall, care in key organisational aspects of service provision is broadly similar across regions, although some variations, for example the models of teamwork utilised, are apparent. Organisational framework specifics should be considered anytime a multi-centre study is conducted and results from such studies are applied.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

BB - Applied statistics, operational research

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Bmc Health Services Research

ISSN

1472-6963

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

16

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000384937100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84992107992