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Views of American Versus Indian Speech Language Pathologists on Diagnosing and Treating Parkinson's Disease
| Title: | Views of American Versus Indian Speech Language Pathologists on Diagnosing and Treating Parkinson's Disease |
| Author: | Banwasi, Rakshita A |
| Description: | The present study investigated the role of a speech-language pathologist (SLP) in diagnosing and treating patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Forty SLPs from the U.S. and forty from India were selected at random from the American Speech Language Hearing Association and Indian Speech Language Hearing Association directory respectively. Participants completed a 15-minute oral survey. An initial phone call was made to determine the date and time for conducting the survey and to obtain consent. The results suggested that the American SLPs are significantly more aware of the basic facts regarding diagnosing and treating patients with PD, including specific speech and language techniques. This difference is mainly due to the greater caseload for the American SLPs and the issue of referrals of patients with PD to the Indian SLPs . Prior experience in dealing with patients with PD led to greater SLPs knowledge of diagnosing and treating PD. Most of the American SLPs obtained their knowledge about PD through workshops and continued education units while majority of the Indian SLPs relied on the internet to obtain their information on PD. Only a few of them did obtain their information through classroom education, workshops, and other resources. |
| Permanent Link: |
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1083017370
http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/18934 |
| Date: | 2004 |
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