Ricardo M Ferreira, Pedro N Martins, Nuno Pimenta, Rui S Gonçalves
Physical Therapists' Choices, Views and Agreements Regarding Non-Pharmacological and Non-Surgical Interventions for Knee Osteoarthritis Patients: A Mixed-Methods Study
Mediterranean journal of rheumatology
incidence epilepsy greatest infancy childhood especially evident subsaharan africa ssa aim study understand access electrophysiology services ssa including health practitioner performs interprets paediatric electroencephalogram eeg studies well training paediatric eeg webbased survey sent cohort health care practitioners manage children epilepsy ssa questions addressed whether eeg available health care practitioners practitioners accessed eeg assisted interpretation study results survey circulated junedecember 2019 305 participants 32 african countries total 73 16 partial 57 complete surveys returned 18 countries respondents fell two main categories access eeg machine 4473 60 without access eeg machine 2973 40 32 2373 dedicated technician 34 2573 neurologist access neurologist resulted highest proportion eegs performed per annum respondents 77 5673 agreed need paediatric apprenticeship eeg skills qualitative data justify need paediatric eeg training grouped three themes 1 professional development 2 better care 3 help paediatric patients neurologists lack paediatric eeg training amongst doctors technicians working epilepsy ssa expanding training beyond current capacity ssa technicians practitioners involved eeg necessary