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January 15, 2024Physiotherapy CanadaOpen Access

Assessing Diversity and Cultural Competency Among Canadian Physiotherapists: A Cross-Sectional Survey, Part 1

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NBNora BakaaDSDanielle SoutherstSMSilvano Mior

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Overview

Cross-sectional survey reveals high cultural awareness but lower culturally competent behaviors among physiotherapists, highlighting gaps between diversity knowledge and clinical practice.

Key Points

  • To describe workforce diversity, evaluate barriers in delivering rehabilitation to equity-seeking groups, and assess determinants of cultural competency among Canadian physiotherapists.
  • Administered a 57-item cross-sectional survey to Canadian physiotherapists (N=808; 77.8% female) assessing demographics, cultural competency, and rehabilitation delivery challenges.
  • Developed multivariable linear regression models using backwards elimination and evaluated model stability via shrinkage estimation.
  • Physiotherapists reported high cultural awareness and sensitivity (mean 6.0/7; 95% CI: 6.0, 6.1), but lower cultural competency behaviors (mean 4.5/7; 95% CI: 4.4, 4.5).
  • Cultural awareness and sensitivity had a weak association with male gender, uncertainty about cultural health disparities, White/Caucasian race, prior diversity training, and equity attitudes (R² = 0.17, p < 0.0001).
  • Culturally competent behaviors had a weak association with prior diversity training, cultural awareness scores, clinical experience, and White/Caucasian race (R² = 0.13, p < 0.0001).

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Bakaa et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a89ba92b1e5d05ea8ec82bdhttps://doi.org/10.3138/ptc-2022-0119
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