Table 3.
Descriptive statistics for knowledge about and attitudes scores toward occupational therapy (OT) (n = 98)
| Mean ± SD | Median (range) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge | |||||
| Knowledge score about areas of OT (0–14) | 4.0±3.6 | 2 (0–14) | |||
| Knowledge score about domains of OT (0–7) | 2.6±1.3 | 2 (0–6) | |||
| Knowledge score regarding philosophy of OT (0–3) | 1.6±1.0 | 2 (0–3) | |||
| Total knowledge score (0–24) | 8.2±4.9 | 6.5 (1–21) | |||
| Attitudes | |||||
| I believe OT is an equally important health care profession as other health care profession related to the rehabilitation of patients (score 1–5) | 4.4±0.6 | 4 (3–5) | |||
| I value the role of OT in the rehabilitation of patients (score 1–5) | 4.4±0.7 | 4 (1–5) | |||
| I suggest referring patients to receive OT services (score 1–5) | 4.2±0.7 | 4 (3–5) | |||
| Total attitudes score (score 3–15) | 13.0±1.5 | 13 (9–15) | |||