Abstract
Background: Kynotherapy is a form of contact therapy in which trained and certified dogs are used for the purpose of rehabilitation of people. Therapist has a significant role in planning and maintaining therapy session as well as engaging patient in session, the incorporation of animals (dog) in session totally depends on the therapist. Kynotherapy has several beneficial effects in various conditions as psychological wellbeing, communication, socialization, autism spectrum disorders, pain relieving, reduces stress and it improves mobility.
Objective: The objective of this study was to know the perception of physical therapists regarding kynotherapy.
Methodology: A Questionnaire-based survey was conducted in which 169 physical therapists of Hyderabad participated. Purposive sampling technique was used. A closed ended questionnaire was used which was comprised of 20 positive and negative statements regarding kynotherapy. The study was held from July 2022 to December 2022. The data was analyzed by using the SPSS version22.
Results: The mean age of participants was 27.21±3.95. 23.10% were males and 76.90% were females in this study. The participants with a total mean value of 27.62 showed positive perception regarding hypnotherapy, out of which physical therapist with a total mean value of 8.49, 9.18 and 9.59 were academicians, clinicians and the participants who provided services in both the academic side and clinical side, respectively.
Conclusion: A limited number of participants have positive perception regarding kynotherapy as very few physical therapists had heard about kynotherapy.
Keywords: Kynotherapy, Physical Therapists, Perceptions, Rehabilitation, Animal-assisted Therapy.
Tahreem Memon, Kanwal Lalwani, Shamsa Abdul Rehman, Meezab Ansari, Shereen Shaikh, Neeta Lohana. (2022) Perception of Physical Therapists regarding Kynotherapy, test 1, test volume 1, Issue 3.
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