Healing hands: Understanding physiotherapists’ knowledge, attitudes and barriers on pressure injury prevention in the medical wards in Jordan

Enas A Assaf, Rahaf Alkhresheh, Taher Assaf, Suhair Al-Ghabeesh and Ramasubbamma Ramaiah

PLOS ONE, 2026, vol. 21, issue 3, 1-12

Abstract: Aim: to highlight the physiotherapist's knowledge and attitudes, as well as barriers and related factors affecting Pressure Injury prevention in the medical wards of Jordanian hospitals. Method: Cross-sectional correlational study of all physiotherapists working in the three largest governmental hospitals in Jordan (north, capital, south), focusing on medical ward services. A validated instrument for measuring knowledge and attitudes towards pressure injury prevention, as well as selected barriers identified in the literature, was distributed for self-administration. Descriptive analysis, a t-test for two-item variables, and ANOVA (F-value) for variables containing more than two items. Multivariate regression analysis was employed to assess the relationship between the independent variables (demographic factors) and the outcome variables (knowledge, attitude, and perceived barriers). Differences were considered statistically significant at a level of P

Date: 2026
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