Parents 'attitudes towards the role of physiotherapists in the rehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy

Tradicionalno, fizioterapeuti su se fokusirali na djetetova ograničenja te se ponašali kao primarni donositelji odluka, dok su roditelji imali pasivnu ulogu. Danas je tradicionalna paradigma pomaknula fokus na funkcionalne sposobnosti djeteta, a potrebe obitelji uz potrebe djeteta su postale sve važnije. Roditelji i fizioterapeuti odlučuju o ciljevima i ostvaruju intervenciju kao ravnopravni partneri. Cilj istraživanja bio je ispitati stavove roditelja djece s cerebralnom paralizom o ulozi fizioterapeuta u procesu rehabilitacije. Točnije ispitati koliko su roditelji upoznati s ulogom fizioterapeuta u procesu rehabilitacije, smatraju li da fizioterapeut svojim radom poboljšava kvalitetu života njihova djeteta, koliko im je važno povjerenje u fizioterapeuta te smatraju li da fizioterapeut ima učinak na motorički i kognitivni razvoj djeteta. Specifičan cilj bio je ispitati razliku u stavovima roditelja o fizioterapeutima s obzirom na dob roditelja. Ispitanici u ovom istraživanju su bili roditelji djece s cerebralnom paralizom, a sudjelovalo je ukupno 30 ispitanika. Kriterij uključenja za ispitanike je bio da su roditelji djeteta s postavljenom dijagnozom cerebralne paralize, da dijete nije starije od 18 godina te da dijete sudjeluje u nekom obliku fizioterapijskog tretmana. Istraživanje se provodilo putem online GoogleDocs obrasca (elektronička anketa) koji se ponudio potencijalnim ispitanicima na društvenoj mreži, u grupi gdje su roditelji djece s cerebralnom paralizom. Rezultati su potvrdili zadane hipoteze te pokazali da roditelji djece s cerebralnom paralizom imaju pozitivne stavove prema fizioterapeutu te ga smatraju važnim, kako za njihov motorički razvoj, tako i za razvoj psihičke i socijalne neovisnosti.Traditionally, physiotherapists focused on the child's limitations and acted as the primary decision makers, while parents played a passive role. Today, the traditional paradigm has shifted the focus to the functional abilities of the child. Needs of the family, along with the needs of the child, have become increasingly important. Parents and physiotherapists decide on the goals and implement the intervention as equal partners. The aim of the research was to examine the views of parents of children with cerebral palsy on the role of physiotherapists. The aim was to examine how familiar parents are with the role of physiotherapists in the rehabilitation process, whether they think that physiotherapists improve their child's quality of life,, how important is their trust in physiotherapists and whether they think that physiotherapists have an effect on the child's motor and cognitive development. The specific aim was to examine the difference in parents' attitudes about physiotherapists with regard to the parents' age. Respondents in this research were parents of children with cerebral palsy. In the research there were total of 30 respondents. The inclusion criteria for the respondents were that they are the parents of a child with a diagnosis of cerebral palsy; the child is not older than 18 years; the child participates in some form of physiotherapy treatment. The research was conducted through an online GoogleDocs form (electronic survey) that was offered to potential respondents on a social network, in a group where are parents of children with cerebral palsy. The results confirmed the given hypotheses and showed that the parents of children with cerebral palsy have positive attitudes towards the physiotherapist and consider him important. They consider him important for motor development, psychological development and social independence