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Trial registered on ANZCTR


Registration number
ACTRN12609000830291
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
10/09/2009
Date registered
23/09/2009
Date last updated
9/07/2012
Type of registration
Retrospectively registered

Titles & IDs
Public title
Physical Therapy service user satisfaction among participants seeking physical therapy
Scientific title
Physical Therapy service user satisfaction among participants seeking physical therapy
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
What level of user satisfaction of physiotherapy services in Teresina ? 243712 0
Condition category
Condition code
Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation 239978 239978 0 0
Physiotherapy

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Observational
Patient registry
Target follow-up duration
Target follow-up type
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
The questionnaires were applied to users who have had at least six sessions of physical therapy, and were interviewed by the researcher between the months of March and June 2007. Each User answered only one questionnaire, a total of 376 participants.
The end result of the study was a year-long
Intervention code [1] 241248 0
Not applicable
Comparator / control treatment
The sample was probabilistic, stratified and proportional, consisting of 376 users, using the total number of calls in each institution in 2006, without loss
sample.
Control group
Uncontrolled

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 240778 0
Socio demographic profile of users as assessed by questionnaire.
Timepoint [1] 240778 0
At the end of questionnaire
Primary outcome [2] 240915 0
Reason to seek medical therapy as assessed by questionnaire.
Timepoint [2] 240915 0
At the end of questionnaire
Secondary outcome [1] 257456 0
User satisfaction with service received as assessed by questionnaire.
Timepoint [1] 257456 0
at the end of questionnaire.

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
The participants were individuals seeking some kind of physical therapy, male and female, who received at least six sessions and with over 18 years.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
90 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
Yes
Key exclusion criteria
users who had some kind of disease making it difficult to speak and / or understanding, those who have expressed some degree of pain and those who refused to sign the consent form to participate.

Study design
Purpose
Psychosocial
Duration
Cross-sectional
Selection
Defined population
Timing
Retrospective
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
22/04/2007
Actual
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
Sample size
Target
376
Accrual to date
Final
Recruitment outside Australia
Country [1] 2042 0
Brazil
State/province [1] 2042 0
Piaui

Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1] 243621 0
Self funded/Unfunded
Name [1] 243621 0
Nayana Pinheiro Machado
Country [1] 243621 0
Brazil
Funding source category [2] 243810 0
Self funded/Unfunded
Name [2] 243810 0
New funding source name. Please modify.
Country [2] 243810 0
Primary sponsor type
Individual
Name
Nayana Pinheiro Machado
Address
Avenida Pedro Almeida 1114
Neighborhood Kitts
64052-280
Teresina Piaui Brazil
Country
Brazil
Secondary sponsor category [1] 237069 0
None
Name [1] 237069 0
Address [1] 237069 0
Country [1] 237069 0
Other collaborator category [1] 849 0
Individual
Name [1] 849 0
Lidya Tolstenko Nogueira
Address [1] 849 0
Federal University of Piaui
Nursing Department
64049-550
Country [1] 849 0
Brazil

Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
Ethics committee name [1] 243746 0
Universidade Federal do Piaui
Ethics committee address [1] 243746 0
Ethics committee country [1] 243746 0
Brazil
Date submitted for ethics approval [1] 243746 0
10/01/2007
Approval date [1] 243746 0
10/03/2007
Ethics approval number [1] 243746 0

Summary
Brief summary
Check what level of user satisfaction of public and private sectors in Teresina PI, Brazil, as knowing if the User is or is not satisfied with the service you receive will be some changes in the sectors that are most in need of improvement.
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Revista Brasileira de Fisioterapia
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 30173 0
Address 30173 0
Country 30173 0
Phone 30173 0
Fax 30173 0
Email 30173 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 13420 0
Nayana Pinheiro machado
Address 13420 0
Avenida Pedro Almeida 1114
Neighborhood Kitts
64052-280
Teresina - Piaui
Country 13420 0
Brazil
Phone 13420 0
55-86-9989 1114
Fax 13420 0
Email 13420 0
[email protected]
Contact person for scientific queries
Name 4348 0
Nayana Pinheiro Machado
Address 4348 0
Avenida Pedro Almeida 1114
Neighborhood Kitts
64052-280
Teresina - Piaui
Country 4348 0
Brazil
Phone 4348 0
55-86-9989 1114
Fax 4348 0
Email 4348 0
[email protected]

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