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Article: Attitudes and perceived barriers of acute care physical therapists toward phase I cardiac rehabilitation
- Article from:
- Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 1999
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal Winter 1999. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The purpose of this study was to determine if gender, length of work experience, and format of cardiopulmonary classroom education were related to perceived barriers to participation in phase I cardiac rehabilitation. Subjects were acute care physical therapists in Arkansas and its 6 contiguous states. Two copies of questionnaires were sent to 25 randomly selected acute care hospital physical therapy departments in Arkansas and the 6 contiguous states with the request that 1 copy be given to a male and 1 copy to a female physical therapist. Questions were related to gender, length of acute care experience, format of cardiopulmonary education, quality of student clinical experience in ...