Adoption of Telehealth by Pediatric Physical Therapists During COVID-19: A Survey Study

Hall, John F.; Luechtefeld, Jessica T.; Woods, Morgan L.

doi:10.1097/pep.0000000000000817

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“…The PTs reported working hard to learn new virtual activities, to communicate with the families, and to provide resources between the scheduled treatments. Similar results were found in another recent physical therapy survey, in which respondents described putting much of their time into planning or preparation of activities and accessing telehealth resources ( Hall et al, 2021 ).…”

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“…We found an interesting result regarding enjoyment of the telehealth service delivery model. Most PTs surveyed (79%) reported the teletherapy they delivered was useful to their clients, a finding that is consistent with other physical therapy telehealth research conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic ( Hall et al, 2021 ; Tenforde et al, 2020 ). However, only 38% of our respondents reported enjoyment in delivering PT services through telehealth.…”

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COVID-19 Lessons From The Field: Toward A Pediatric Physical Therapy Telehealth Framework

Fishman

Elkins

2022

Int J Telerehab

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Introduction: Telehealth is an established health service delivery method, yet little is known regarding pediatric physical therapy telehealth. We aimed to evaluate users’ experiences and create a framework for effective delivery. Methods: A pediatric physical therapists’ telehealth user survey was conducted. Results: Seventy-three respondents varied in years of experience and caseload. Most found telehealth easy to learn and use, and they believed the treatment they delivered was useful. Three main themes for successful treatments emerged and were organized into a framework for effective delivery: (1) caregivers’ involvement; (2) therapist telehealth ‘toolbox’ (sub-divided into: treatment management tools, and therapist-caregivers’ collaboration tools); and (3) telehealth client (child) characteristics. Conclusion: This study suggests a new framework for effective pediatric physical therapy telehealth delivery to support best practice, for use by administrators and therapists and recommends directions for further research.

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COVID-19 Lessons From The Field: Toward A Pediatric Physical Therapy Telehealth Framework

Fishman

Elkins

2022

Int J Telerehab

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“…COVID-19 emerged as a cluster of respiratory infections in Wuhan, China, and soon spread worldwide, prompting the United States (U.S.) to declare a state of emergency on March 13, 2020. By April 4, 2020, the World Health Organization reported more than one million cases of the virus worldwide ( Hall et al, 2021 ). To restrict the spread of the virus, governments and authorities in affected nations implemented preventive measures such as enforced lockdowns, social distancing, self-isolation, and quarantine ( Shah et al, 2020 ).…”

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“…As the global pandemic progressed, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged that health care practitioners use procedures such as telehealth to decrease contact and the danger of virus spread ( Hall et al, 2021 ). Similarly, the board of directors of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), urged physiotherapists to “use their professional judgement to select when, where, and how to administer care, for anyone involved” ( Hall et al, 2021 , p. 237). Many physiotherapists chose telerehabilitation (TR) to continue giving care while reducing in-person interactions to keep the virus from spreading ( Hall et al, 2021 ).…”

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Benefits and Challenges of Telerehabilitation Use By Pediatric Physiotherapists During the COVID-19 Pandemic In Western and Southern India: A Cross Sectional Survey

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As the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic spread, many physiotherapists chose telerehabilitation (TR) to continue delivering therapy. This study was conducted to document the perceived benefits and challenges of TR faced by pediatric physiotherapists in western and southern India. Using the snowball method, electronic survey forms were distributed to 275 pediatric physiotherapists in Western and Southern India; 110 responses were available for analysis. A majority of respondents had experience with TR (n=83, 75.5%), while others had never used TR (n=27, 24.5%). TR was reported to be less effective than in-person therapy for treating children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therapists reported significant difficulties during TR sessions; these included assessing and modifying exercises for children. As the popularity of TR grows, pediatric physiotherapists will need to be aware of the benefits and challenges they will face during TR sessions. Most pediatric physiotherapists believed the interaction between parents and therapists is a requisite for optimal service delivery.

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“…Numerous Physical Therapists have opted for telemedicine in order to continue delivering therapy while minimizing in-person encounters and so limiting the virus's transmission. Videoconferencing was the most often utilized means of telerehabilitation, while other technologies such as ZOOM, telephone conversations, and facetime were also frequently used ( 55 ).…”

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Application of Telemedicine in COVID-19: A Bibliometric Analysis

Lan

Han

Cui

2022

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundTelemedicine as a tool that can reduce potential disease spread and fill a gap in healthcare has been increasingly applied during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many studies have summarized telemedicine's technologies or the diseases' applications. However, these studies were reviewed separately. There is a lack of a comprehensive overview of the telemedicine technologies, application areas, and medical service types.ObjectiveWe aimed to investigate the research direction of telemedicine at COVID-19 and to clarify what kind of telemedicine technology is used in what diseases, and what medical services are provided by telemedicine.MethodsPublications addressing telemedicine in COVID-19 were retrieved from the PubMed database. To extract bibliographic information and do a bi-clustering analysis, we used Bicomb and gCLUTO. The co-occurrence networks of diseases, technology, and healthcare services were then constructed and shown using R-studio and the Gephi tool.ResultsWe retrieved 5,224 research papers on telemedicine at COVID-19 distributed among 1460 journals. Most articles were published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (166/5,224, 3.18%). The United States published the most articles on telemedicine. The research clusters comprised 6 clusters, which refer to mental health, mhealth, cross-infection control, and self-management of diseases. The network analysis revealed a triple relation with diseases, technologies, and health care services with 303 nodes and 5,664 edges. The entity “delivery of health care” was the node with the highest betweenness centrality at 6,787.79, followed by “remote consultation” (4,395.76) and “infection control” (3,700.50).ConclusionsThe results of this study highlight widely use of telemedicine during COVID-19. Most studies relate to the delivery of health care and mental health services. Technologies were primarily via mobile devices to deliver health care, remote consultation, control infection, and contact tracing. The study assists researchers in comprehending the knowledge structure in this sector, enabling them to discover critical topics and choose the best match for their survey work.

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Adoption of Telehealth by Pediatric Physical Therapists During COVID-19: A Survey Study

Abstract: Supplemental Digital Content is Available in the Text. To describe the characteristics of pediatric physical therapy telehealth practice during COVID-19.

Cited by 19 publications

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COVID-19 Lessons From The Field: Toward A Pediatric Physical Therapy Telehealth Framework

COVID-19 Lessons From The Field: Toward A Pediatric Physical Therapy Telehealth Framework

Benefits and Challenges of Telerehabilitation Use By Pediatric Physiotherapists During the COVID-19 Pandemic In Western and Southern India: A Cross Sectional Survey

Application of Telemedicine in COVID-19: A Bibliometric Analysis

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