330 Nigerian physiotherapists participated in a national cross-sectional survey investigating their perceptions, knowledge, and current practice for promoting physical activity. The survey found that while 99.4% agreed discussing benefits was part of their role, over 60% lacked confidence in suggesting specific programs. The dataset was created by Gillian Yeowell and last updated on 2026-05-28.
Use Cases
- Analyze gaps between perception and practice in health promotion based on survey responses about role agreement and confidence levels.
- Identify training needs for physiotherapists based on reported awareness and use of physical activity guidelines.
- Assess the perceived need for localized guidelines based on the 85.5% of respondents who felt Nigeria-specific guidelines would promote activity.
- Study resource utilization barriers in healthcare promotion based on the 63.3% of respondents who did not use any resource.
Strengths
- National-scale survey with 330 physiotherapist participants.
- Provides specific, quantified findings on perceptions (e.g., 99.4% role agreement), knowledge (59.7% guideline awareness), and practice (49.1% guideline incorporation).
- Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- The dataset is small (309.3 KB), indicating limited scope.
Provenance
- Source
- figshare
- Collection Method
- Cross-sectional questionnaire survey.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-28 16:59:14; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Nigeria