This study aims to investigate physiotherapist’s perceptions of a newly developed computerised application that explains and tracks exercises for people who have dizziness and vertigo (as a result of inner ear disease). Physiotherapy is an effective treatment for such people and at present, therapists prescribe exercises at clinic that are usually done at home. It is not possible for physiotherapists to know if the person has performed their exercises correctly and effectively. Over the past year, a new computerised, tablet-based application has been developed that can both instruct and track the exercise programme more accurately. Main users of the system will be physiotherapists and patients. The objective of this study is to interview physiotherapists about their opinions and suggestions for the application in order to make any necessary changes, prior to testing the application on people who will use it for exercise.
A second objective of the study is to investigate a newly developed questionnaire that seeks to measure a person’s satisfaction with their physiotherapy exercise programme. Specifically, the questionnaire is designed for people with dizziness and vertigo. A group of people who have completed physiotherapy for these problems will be asked to fill out the questionnaire at two time points (with a week’s interval). The scores from the questionnaires at the two time points will be compared to see how closely they agree. This agreement is termed “reliability “ and is an important aspect of any measure that is used to guide treatment.
