Evaluation of Telerehabilitation Following Inpatient or Outpatient Rehabilitation Phase II

NCT ID: NCT05493306

Last Updated: 2022-08-12

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 126 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-04-08
• Study Completion Date: 2022-06-30

Brief Summary

Telerehabilitation is implemented in the Pensionsversicherungsanstalt (PVA) as an independent rehabilitation offer following a rehabilitation phase II. This offer primarily includes physiotherapeutic training units in group settings and in individual counselling, as well as health-related educational sessions and doctor's consultations via video conferencing, initially for rehabilitation patients with diseases of the musculoskeletal system or oncological diseases. The first stage of the implementation process was evaluated with a focus on acceptance, usability and feasibility from the perspective of patients and treatment team.

The evaluation was based on a convergent mixed methods design (Creswell & Plano Clark, 2017) to draw on the strengths of qualitative and quantitative research approaches (Creswell & Creswell, 2018). Qualitative and quantitative data were generated in parallel and treated equally. The perspective of the patients (N = 86) was collected through online questionnaires and in-depth telephone interviews (N = 22) and that of the treatment team through a questionnaire survey (N = 32) and focus group interviews (N = 24). The administrative team (N = 8) was asked for their assessment in a focus group interview. Technical difficulties in the implementation of telerehabilitation were documented by the treatment team. The consolidation of these multi-perspective results took place at the level of interpretation.

Conditions

Oncology; Musculoskeletal Diseases

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: OTHER
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Patients who have completed rehabilitation (phase II) with the indications:

• musculoskeletal diseases
• oncology.

Exclusion Criteria

• Failure to obtain the declaration of consent
• Lack of the required technical aids (mobile phone, tablet or PC)
• Lack of the technical skills to operate the app and thus to participate in telerehabilitation.

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Pensionsversicherungsanstalt

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

David Felder, Mag.

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Pensionsversicherungsanstalt

Locations

PVA - Zentrum für ambulante Rehabilitation Graz

Graz, Styria, Austria

Countries

Austria

Other Identifiers

0002 Evaluation Telereha

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id