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Recruitment and selection of sample

PG Pragashnie Govender
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Therapists involved in the care of at-risk infants at district, regional and tertiary hospitals in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) practising in the field of occupational therapy and physiotherapy will be invited to participate. There are currently approximately 623 Occupational Therapists (OTs) in KZN, of which 194 work in the public health sector.28 The head of child health within the ministry of health in KZN, the neonatal coordinator for the province as well as the KZN forum for OT were accessed to determine the number of eligible participants (n=46). Currently, there are approximately 1101 physiotherapists in KZN;29 however, the actual number of therapists working in the public sector could not be ascertained. A purposive sample will therefore be drawn from this total number of therapists within the province, based on those that are currently working within/or have rotations in neonatal intensive care units within their institutions.

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