The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged rehabilitation professionals to provide therapy through telepractice. The aims of this study were to investigate and compare the uptake of tele-rehabilitation (TR) in Finland amongst different rehabilitation professions during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as potential differences between professions in carrying out TR. In addition, the goal was to explore in more depth therapists’ views about the features that work and challenges of TR. A total of 850 therapists in the physio-, occupational-, speech and language-, and psychotherapy professions participated in the survey that included both quantitative and open-ended questions. The results show that 52% of all the therapists who participated in this study did take up TR with all or most of their clients during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Of all professionals who have carried out tele-rehabilitation during the pandemic, 46% planned to use TR regularly or probably also after the pandemic. There were also clear differences between the professions. Psychotherapists carried out TR during the pandemic and planned to use it also after the pandemic more often than the other professional groups. The qualitative analysis revealed that therapists identified several beneficial but also multiple challenging features of TR. Psychotherapists reported less challenges than other professions. The pandemic has clearly sped up the use of TR in rehabilitation.
While substantial advances in the proposition of patient education and self-management trainings in in-patient health care remain unquestioned, there are some deficits in actually performing such programs in clinical practice. Results also show that another question needs to be addressed: qualifying trainers. Less than half of trainers participating in this study reported to have absolved a train-the-trainer-course.
Kuntoutuksen saaminen ei aina mahdollistu yhdenvertaisesti asuinalueesta riippumatta. Kuntoutukseen osallistumisen alueellisiin eroihin vaikuttavat todennäköisesti monet tekijät, joista ei toistaiseksi ole paljon tutkimusta. Tässä tutkimuksessa tarkastelimme sairaanhoitopiirien välisiä eroja Kelan järjestämään kuntoutukseen osallistumisessa. Tarkastelimme, missä määrin yksilöön ja asuinkuntaan liittyvät tekijät selittivät kuntoutukseen osallistumista vuonna 2018. Aineistona käytimme Kelan rekisteriä, ja tutkimus kohdistui mielenterveyden- ja käyttäytymisen häiriöt - sairauspääryhmään. Menetelminä käytimme kuvailevaa analyysia ja logistista regressiomallia. Tulosten mukaan Kelan kuntoutukseen osallistumisen yleisyydessä oli eroja sairaanhoitopiirien välillä kaikissa tarkastelluissa kuntoutusmuodoissa. Kun yksilö- ja aluetekijät oli otettu huomioon, kuntoutukseen osallistuneiden määrä pysyi alueittain suurin piirtein samana kuin ennen vakiointeja. Selvää selitystä eroille ei rekisteriaineiston avulla löytynyt. Jatkossa onkin tärkeää syventyä löytyneiden alue-erojen syihin toisenlaisia tutkimusotteita hyödyntäen. Abstract Regional differences in rehabilitation participation among people with mental and behavioural disorders People do not always have equal access to the rehabilitation services they need in the different regions of Finland. Access to rehabilitation services is affected by several issues. In this research, we studied regional differences in rehabilitation participation by comparing individual hospital districts. The focus was on the rehabilitation services organised by the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela). We were interested in how individual-level and area-level factors explained the rehabilitation participation in 2018. As data, we used the national registers maintained by Kela. We focused on mental and behavioural disorders. As methods, we used descriptive analysis and the logistic regression model. According to the results, several differences occurred in rehabilitation participation between individual regions. Even after taking into account the individual-level and area-level factors, the areas of high and low participation remained almost the same. We found no clear explanation in the register data for these differences. In the future, it is important to analyse the causes of identified regional differences using different research methods. Keywords: rehabilitation, regional differences, rehabilitation system, mental and behavioral disorders, logistic regression model
Tieto kuntoutuksen kentän kokonaisuudesta ja erilaisten kuntoutuspalveluiden käytöstä samoilla ihmisillä on varsin hajanaista ja puutteellista. Tutkimuksen tavoitteena on selvittää kuntoutukseen osallistumisen yleisyyttä ja päällekkäisyyttä eri osajärjestelmissä Oulun asukkailla vuonna 2018 laajalla rekisteriaineistolla (N = 192 844). Tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan julkisen sosiaali- ja terveyspalvelujärjestelmän kuntoutusta, Kelan kuntoutusta, työeläkekuntoutusta, työterveyshuollon fysioterapiaa ja Kelan korvaamaa yksityistä fysioterapiaa. Vuonna 2018 oululaisista 18 prosenttia sai vähintään yhden tutkitun osajärjestelmän kuntoutusta (N = 34 061). Yleisintä oli julkisen sosiaali- ja terveyspalvelujärjestelmän kuntoutus, harvinaisinta työeläkekuntoutus. Naiset osallistuivat kuntoutukseen miehiä yleisemmin. Kuntoutukseen osallistuminen oli miehillä yleisintä 65 vuotta täyttäneillä, naisilla 45–64-vuotiailla. Harvinaisinta se oli 16–24-vuotiailla miehillä ja alle 16-vuotiailla naisilla. Suurin osa (90 %) kuntoutukseen osallistuneista oli osallistunut vain yhden osajärjestelmän kuntoutukseen. Useamman osajärjestelmän kuntoutukseen osallistuminen oli naisilla miehiä yleisempää. Ikäryhmistä se oli yleisintä 45–64-vuotiailla ja harvinaisinta alle 16-vuotiailla. Vähintään kahden osajärjestelmän kuntoutukseen osallistuneet olivat keskimäärin vanhempia kuin vain yhden osajärjestelmän kuntoutukseen osallistuneet ja myös naisten osuus oli heillä suurempi. Rekisteritietoja kuntoutuksesta on hankala koota kattavasti, sillä järjestelmä on hyvin hajanainen ja toimijoita ja rekisterinpitäjiä on lukuisia. Myös kuntoutuksen määrittely aineistoista osoittautui vaikeaksi. Yhtenäiset tietojärjestelmät kuntoutuksesta palvelisivat paitsi tutkijoita, myös kuntoutujia. Abstract Prevalence and overlap of participation in rehabilitation in different subsystems – a register-based study among residents of the city of Oulu, Finland, in 2018 Knowledge of the whole spectrum of rehabilitation and of the use of different rehabilitation services by the same individuals is quite fragmented and incomplete. The aim of this study is to examine the prevalence and overlap of participation in rehabilitation in different subsystems among residents of the city of Oulu, Finland, in 2018 using extensive register-based data (N=192,844). The study examines rehabilitation organized by the public social and health care system, by the Social Insurance Institution of Finland, by the earnings-related pension system, as well as physiotherapy in occupational health care and private physiotherapy reimbursed by the Social Insurance Institution of Finland. In 2018, 18 per cent of the residents of Oulu received rehabilitation of at least one of the examined subsystems (N=34,061). Receiving rehabilitation of public social and health care was the most common; the rarest was rehabilitation within the earnings-related pension system. Women participated in rehabilitation more often than men. Using rehabilitation services was most common in men aged 65 and over, and in women aged 45–64. It was least common in men aged 16–24 years and in women under 16 years of age. The majority (90%) of those who participated in rehabilitation had participated in rehabilitation of only one subsystem. Participation in rehabilitation of several subsystems was more common in women than in men. It was most common in those aged 45–64 years and least common in those under 16 years of age. Those who received rehabilitation of at least two subsystems were, on average, older than those who received rehabilitation of only one subsystem, and more often women. It is difficult to compile comprehensive register data on rehabilitation, as the system is very fragmented and there are many organizers and registrars. Defining rehabilitation from the data also proved difficult. Unified information systems on rehabilitation would serve not only researchers but also rehabilitees. Keywords: rehabilitation, register-based research, Finland
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