ATTITUDE, PERCEPTION, AND KNOWLEDGE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AND PHYSIOTHERAPY STUDENTS ABOUT EACH OTHER'S PROFESSIONS

Abstract Purpose: This study sought to assess attitudes, mutual perceptions, and knowledge of each other’s professional roles as obtained from occupational therapy (OT) and physiotherapy (PT) students. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out among OT and PT students in a Nigerian university. Fifty-six copies of a revised questionnaire were used as the survey instrument, all of which were returned fully completed. The data obtained were analyzed using descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation, frequencies, and inferential statistics of chi-square tests. Alpha level was set at p