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KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE REGARDING PHYSIOTHERAPY TREATMENT OF BELL’S PALSY AMONG ADULTS

. Amnna Nasir Dar, Gulraiz Enderyas, Farooq Islam and Asim Raza.


Abstract

A severe disorder of the seventh cranial nerve known as Bell's palsy is best described by weakness on oneAlternatively, both sides of the face. Individual mistake Bell's palsy for a stroke because it mimics stroke symptoms due to ignorance. This study seeks to ascertain how well-aware adults are of Bell's palsy, its causes, symptoms, and treatments.

Objective:This KAP survey's primary goal is to assess the level of understanding, attitude, and practiceconsidering the physiotherapy procedure of adult bell's palsy.

Methodology: This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study that was carried out in Gujranwala district of Pakistan from August to end of November 2022. Males and female of Pakistani national were included but those between the age of 20–60-year-old. A pretested, self-administered questionnaire was used to gather information about sociodemographic characteristics and knowledge, attitude, and practice of Bell’s palsy. Before beginning any data collection procedures, any questions participants had regarding the questions were answered and cleared up.

Results:The average age of the adults in this proposed investigation was38.16±10.462 years and there were 190 (50.8%) males and 184 (49.2%) females. There were 260 (69.5%) educated and 114 (30.5) uneducated people, and there were 259 (69.3%) people who lived in urban areas and 115 (30.7%) people who had links to rural areas.Out of 374 participants, source of knowledge about bell’s palsy were from relatives (40.11%), Tv (23.80%), Internet (19.25%), and Health care professionals (16.84%). The overall good knowledge was present among 29.41% participants, 47.86% had good attitude and 34.22% had good practice. There was a strong association. Regarding attitude, Age, gender, residence, and education all had a significant relationship (p<0.05). There was a significant relationship between age, gender, residence, and education and practice (p<0.05).

Conclusion: There was average knowledge present among adults with positive sense of attitude and with average practices regarding physiotherapy treatment of bell’s palsy. The demographic variables revealed important relation with knowledge, attitude, and practice. The difference between knowledge and attitude was significant, knowledge and practice were significant, and attitude and practice were also significant.

Index Terms-Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, Bell’s Palsy, Physiotherapy, KAP survey.

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