Physiotherapy Critical Thinking in Clinical Practice Questionnaire

A greater need for user-centered care and an evidence-based clinical practice are factors that emphasize critical thinking as a professional competence. Furthermore, critical thinking is an essential competence that allows clinical reasoning, problem solving and decision-making in the critical clinical practice of all specializations in Physiotherapy. However, no instrument has been found that specifically assesses the critical thinking of physiotherapists in their clinical practice.

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Key information

Conditions

Critical Thinking

Age range

18 year–67 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Hospital Vall d'Hebron

Barcelona, 08035, Spain

About this study

Multicenter, descriptive, cross-sectional and correlational study in two phases. Phase 1: adaptation of the N-CT-4P to the population of physiotherapists; Phase 2: analysis of the psychometric properties of the new instrument and levels of critical thinking through a cross-sectional study. Sociodemographic and professional variables and variables referring to the measurement of critical thinking (total score of the questionnaire and of each of its dimensions) will be collected. Its psychometric properties, internal consistency, repeatability analysis, discriminant validity and construct validity will be analyzed through confirmatory factor analysis and a multiple regression analysis will be performed.

Who can participate

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Be a Graduate, Diploma or Bachelor of Physiotherapy
Have an employment contract, as a care physiotherapist at the time of answering the questionnaire.

Exclusion criteria

Have a contractual continuity of less than 15 days.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

To validate in the physiotherapist population the instrument Nursing Critical Thinking in Clinical Practice Questionnaire (N-CT-4 Practice) in its version Physiotherapy Critical Thinking in Clinical Practice Questionnaire (PT-CT-4 Practice).

Time frame: The questionnaire will be self-administered and the estimated response time is less than 15 minutes.

Assessment of metric properties

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute

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Registry information

Official study title

Psychometric Evaluation of the Spanish Version of the Physiotherapy Critical Thinking in Clinical Practice Questionnaire: Multicenter Study

Important dates

Study start: 2023
Primary completion: 2024
Study completion: 2024
First posted: Sep 28, 2021
Registry last updated: Feb 13, 2025

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