Awareness of Telerehabilitation and Remote Monitoring among College -going Students

To find out the knowledge, practice, and attitudes towards TR among physiotherapists working in various settings. A self-administered questionnaire, with an item content validity (I-CVI) of 0.78 and a scale content validity (S-CVI) of 0.84, was distributed among physiotherapists working in a tertiary healthcare hospital. The study showed that out of 365 participants, 69.4% were aware of TR. 64.2% reported using TR in conjunction with physical rehabilitation for patients who are unable to commute daily, aiming to enhance their recovery. Surprisingly, 71% of physiotherapists displayed a negative attitude toward TR and considered it a waste of time, citing the inability to achieve recovery without physical contact, 64.3% expressed concerns that TR hinders the recovery process by impeding the assessment of muscle recruitment. 77.3% of physiotherapists reported not utilizing any applications for telerehabilitation. Additionally, 72.7% identified network errors as the primary distraction during telerehabilitation sessions. Although the knowledge and practice of Telerehabilitation among physiotherapists are relatively high, there is a pressing need to address and alter their negative attitudes toward Telerehabilitation practice. The findings of this study will assist physiotherapists to have extended knowledge of telerehabilitation use so that they can implement in their clinical settings and larger number of patients having various impairments can be benefited from the same.

本研究旨在调研不同执业场景下物理治疗师对远程康复（Telerehabilitation, TR）的认知、实践现状与态度倾向。研究采用自行设计的问卷开展调研，该问卷的条目内容效度（I-CVI）为0.78，量表内容效度（S-CVI）为0.84，调研对象为某三级医院的物理治疗师。本次研究共纳入365名受访者，其中69.4%的受访者了解远程康复；64.2%的受访者表示会为无法每日往返医院的患者联合使用远程康复与实体康复治疗，以提升患者康复效果。令人意外的是，71%的物理治疗师对远程康复持负面态度，认为其浪费时间，理由是缺乏肢体接触无法达成康复目标；另有64.3%的受访者担忧，远程康复会因阻碍肌肉募集情况的评估而延缓患者康复进程。77.3%的物理治疗师表示未使用任何远程康复相关应用程序；此外，72.7%的受访者认为远程康复诊疗过程中最主要的干扰因素为网络故障。尽管物理治疗师对远程康复的认知与实践水平相对较高，但仍亟需纠正与改善其对远程康复实践的负面态度。本研究结果可帮助物理治疗师深化对远程康复应用的认知，使其能在临床场景中推广应用，进而使更多存在各类功能障碍的患者从中获益。