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KMID : 0378019820250090089
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New Medical Journal
1982 Volume.25 No. 9 p.89 ~ p.98
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Survey of Physical Therapist Work Efficiency in Seoul Area Hospitals
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Abstract
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A survey of physical therapists´ work load and efficiency was done. In order to increase the work efficiency and manage manpower to match the annual increasing physical therapists´ work load, 58 physical therapists employed in 14 hospitals were surveyed during the period January 1, 1981 to December 31, 1981 to study their demographic characteristics, work load, physical therapy department space area and therapeutic equipment.
The average number of patients treated by one physical therapist in one day was 16 persons and the average work quotient per therapist was 4.6. This is higher than the proper work quotient of 3.3 and shows that these therapists are overworked. . The situation. is such that an increase of physical therapy staff is inevitable.
Of the average work space in all. physical therapy departments in the hospitals surveyed, the space of departments in general hospitals (Group A) was 214.9m2 and in hospitals (Group B) 26.8m2. From the result of calculation of the estimated space needed for general treatment room space, the space in 2 general hospitals (Group A) and 3 hospitals (Group B) was small.
In 2 general hospitals (Group A) and 3 hospitals (Group B), the actual space was smaller when compared with the estimated space. So, even when considering the case of a general treatment space the necessity for enlargement to improve the efficiency of the therapy work was evident.
In regard to. the situation of therapeutic equipment situated in physical therapy departments, the total of all types of equipment was 37 with a total of 483 individual pieces of equipment. General hospitals (Group A) had all 37 kinds of equipment totalling 379 (78.5%) individual pieces and hospitals (Group B) had only 23 kinds with a total of 104 (21.5%) individual pieces.
The therapeutic equipment in the hospitals (Group B) was very small compared with that of general hospitals (Group A) that it goes without saying that they could not be of any help in reducing the work load. Therefore it can be seen that the situation is one in which. the efficiency of treatment is decreased and this is a matter of grave concern.
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