Mother’s perception about physiotherapy home exercise program for cerebral palsy children

Abstract

Aim: To find out the perception of physiotherapy home exercise program among the parents of children with CP at CRP pediatric unit. Objectives: To identify mother‟s perception from physiotherapy home exercise program. To find out the mother‟s satisfaction and dissatisfaction of physiotherapy home exercise program. To explore the difficulties faced by mother during implement the physiotherapy home exercise program. To make recommendations about physiotherapy home exercise program. Study design: The data is conducted through the Qualititative method. The researcher herself collected the data through semi open ended questionnaire, face to face interview. Sample selection: In the study purposive sampling was used. The participant‟s numbers were 10. Setting: This study was done in pediatric unit of Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP). Data analysis: Data analyzed by content analysis. Results and discussion: From this study it was found that the most of the participant come regularly for their child follow-up treatment. Most of them did the home exercise program regularly at home and some of them try to did the physiotherapy exercise program regularly at home. They felt some problem during perform the exercise program at home but they continue the program at home regularly. After doing the exercise program at home the child‟s condition became well and mother‟s think that this program is effective for their child. Most of the mother‟s are satisfied by the present physiotherapy exercise program so they have no further suggestion about this exercise program. Conclusion: This study was performed to explore the perception of mother‟s about the home exercise program for the children with cerebral palsy. Overall the mother‟s were satisfied the present exercise program. The suggestion that came out from the participants will be important for the therapist and authority to improve the physiotherapy home exercise program. Keywords: Cerebral Palsy, Perception, Physiotherapy, Home exercise program.