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To survey the recognition of Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) by Public Health Center(PHC) Physical Therapists in Kyoungki Province. This study analysed general characteristic of Physical Therapists and congnition, participation, education, problems and requireanents for CBR. The objects of this study were 37 therapists who work at 27 of 39 PHC in Kyoungki province and data was collected for 20days from Jan. 12 to 31. 1998 and the results computed from 32 responses. First, Female therapists outnumber males. The age category 30 to 35 old represneted 56.2% of the total number studied. 59.4% of therapists had worked more than 7 years and therapists usually(46.9%) worked from 6 month to 2 years at the PHC. Junior college graduates were 84.4%, and respondents with family responsibilirt were 65.6%. Second, Recently pain control has become the major requirment of patiants at PH(53.1%). If they offered expaneded services - a rehabilitation program (53.1%), home vistation (31.3%). when asked about a working guide book, nobody had one. Third, 68.7% of therapists were aware of the present level of CBR, 40.9% of them had gotten an information from educated colleagues, and 68.7% of therapists were aware of the present level of CBR, 86.4% of therapists felt responsible to provide rehabilitation Fourth, For CBR, 93.7% had positive ideas in which they could participate. 73.3% wished to composed a team of various rehabilitational specialists. 73.3% wished for the meeting day to be flexible and 86.6% desired to meet once or twice a week. Fifth, Almost all(96.9%) desired more educational opportunity about CBR. Example, once or twice a year(56.2%) and training period of 4-7 days (43.7%). They wanted to learn theory and practice together(74.2%) and 74.2% wanted the mational multi-rehabilitation center as a educational managing organization. Sixth, The most important requirment for accomplishing CBR by physical therapists was job security and an adequate number of therapists(84.4%) Required number of physical therapists in the PHC was 3 (43.7%). The cooperative agency should be the district goverment organization (56.2%). Factors inhibiting the execution of CBR were lack of administrative support, physical therapists, and equipments for pain control and for therapeutic exercise.
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