Prescribing rights for Uk Osteopaths: Is the profession thinking from the head or the heart? An online survey.
Item
- Title
- Prescribing rights for Uk Osteopaths: Is the profession thinking from the head or the heart? An online survey.
- Author(s)
- Woodhead, S
- Abstract
- Introduction This study of the attitudes of UK osteopaths towards the adoption of prescribing rights aims to identify by means of a quantitative online survey whether their attitudes are primarily influenced by ideology or practical reasoning. The global hypothesis proposes that "UK osteopaths attitudes towards the adoption of prescribing rights are based primarily on practical reasoning" with the global null hypothesis being "UK osteopaths attitudes towards the adoption of prescribing rights are not based primarily on practical reasoning". Method The first of two pilot studies involved a paper questionnaire distributed to 10 registered osteopaths who were also clinic tutors at the European School of Osteopathy. The s second pilot was conducted online involving 45 subjects chosen at random from a cohort of 1,290 UK registered osteopaths. Email invitations to participate in the final survey were then sent to the remaining 1,245. Reminder emails were sent to non-.respondents after two weeks and after a further week the response data were collected and analysed. Results A thirty-seven present response rate resulted in four hundred and thirty-.six respondents. The majority were "For" the adoption of prescribing rights (44%) with twenty-nine percent " Against" . A significant difference was identified between those who considered the basis of their opinion to be mainly practical or ideological (X2cT=12.350,df=4, p<0.05,1=0.815) . The majority (53%) said they based their opinion mainly on practical considerations compared with thirty nine percent who said their decision was based mainly on ideology. Discussion Existing literature on the subject is limited to a handful of undergraduate research projects with the exception of Grundy and Vogel's 2005 qualitative exploratory study upon which this study is based. Descriptive analysis of the present survey data largely supports the existence of "practical" and "ideological" themes identified by Grundy & Vogel and also provides some interesting observations when comparing those respondents who were "For" prescribing rights and those who were "Against". Conclusion The global null hypothesis was rejected, the conclusion being that UK osteopaths' attitudes towards the adoption of prescribing rights are based primarily on practical reasoning. The majority of respondents supported the adoption of prescribing rights. These individuals tended to base their opinion more on practical considerations and have a "mild/moderate" opinion whereas those "Against" tended to be more ideological and have a "strong/very strong" opinion. The author suggests such observations would make ideal candidates for further
- presented at
- European School of Osteopathy
- Date Accepted
- 2013
- Date Submitted
- 20.1.2015 16:42:59
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 15481
- Inst-Identifier
- 1229
- Keywords
- Prescribing rights.
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Woodhead, S, “Prescribing rights for Uk Osteopaths: Is the profession thinking from the head or the heart? An online survey.”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 17, 2024, https://www.osteopathicresearch.com/s/orw/item/683