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EVALUATING IMPEDIMENTS LEADING TO NON-ADHERENCE OF PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMENT AMONGST INHABITANTS OF ROHTAK DISTRICT

Background:The rate of success of a physiotherapy treatment programme is strongly inuenced by the adherence of the patient with prescribed
treatment programme. Non-adherence with the therapy given to the patient is often overlooked and is one of the reasons for failure to achieve
desired results aimed for a given disease/condition.
Methods:Atotal of 40 geriatric subjects (20 urban and 20 rural) were surveyed for information using self-questionnaire from Rohtak district.
Results: Out of 40 subjects (10 urban males and 10 urban females and 10 rural males and 10 rural females) 70% of urban (30% females and 40%
males) and 30% of rural (10% females and 20% males) population was found to be adherent to physical therapy treatment. Impediments identied
in the current study that were statistically signicantly associated with non-adherence to physical therapy treatment among the geriatric population
included residential locality (p=0.02), accessibility to physiotherapy clinics (p=0.001), paying capacity (p=0.003), compliance to unsupervised
home based exercise treatment (p=0.01) and cooperation by family members (p= 0.01). A non-signicant relationship was found with ability of
doing ADLs (p=0.06).
Conclusion: The study shows that geriatric population of Rohtak district residing in urban areas are more adherent to physical therapy treatment
programme as compared to those residing in rural areas.