Feasibility, Acceptability and Limitations of Speech and Language Telerehabilitation during COVID-19 Lockdown: A Qualitative Research Study on Clinicians’ Perspectives

The COVID-19 pandemic brought out the need to deliver health care services at a distance in the form of telerehabilitation (TR). This study aimed to analyse the Italian speech and language therapists’ (SLTs) opinions on the feasibility of the TR in the field of speech-language therapy during the COV...

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Autores principales:	Luisa Cacciante, Błażej Cieślik, Sebastian Rutkowski, Anna Rutkowska, Katarzyna Kacperak, Tomasz Kuligowski, Pawel Kiper
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	telerehabilitation speech-language treatment telehealth COVID-19 speech-language rehabilitation Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9a3eb38fb39e4042b9753e401b08e6752021-11-25T17:45:10ZFeasibility, Acceptability and Limitations of Speech and Language Telerehabilitation during COVID-19 Lockdown: A Qualitative Research Study on Clinicians’ Perspectives10.3390/healthcare91115032227-9032https://doaj.org/article/9a3eb38fb39e4042b9753e401b08e6752021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/11/1503https://doaj.org/toc/2227-9032The COVID-19 pandemic brought out the need to deliver health care services at a distance in the form of telerehabilitation (TR). This study aimed to analyse the Italian speech and language therapists’ (SLTs) opinions on the feasibility of the TR in the field of speech-language therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic. We developed an anonymous survey to determine the SLTs’ opinions on feasibility of TR during lockdown caused by COVID-19. We analysed the survey’s answers provided by 136 SLTs. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient showed good reliability of the survey. The SLTs working previously with TR showed better judgements regarding this method. The comparison analysis between TR and face-to-face treatment delivery showed statistically significant differences as follows: “importance” (4.35 vs. 3.32, <i>p</i> = 0.001), “feasibility” (3.37 vs. 2.11, <i>p</i> < 0.001), “alternative form” (3.64 vs. 2.58, <i>p</i> = 0.001) and “comparison” (2.24 vs. 1.69, <i>p</i> < 0.001), but not with “familiarity” (<i>p</i> = 0.81). The survey showed that most of the Italian SLTs were not satisfied with TR systems. SLTs who used TR previously had a better opinion on this treatment modality. Experience and familiarity with TR systems were key factors for the use of this new rehabilitation modality.Luisa CaccianteBłażej CieślikSebastian RutkowskiAnna RutkowskaKatarzyna KacperakTomasz KuligowskiPawel KiperMDPI AGarticletelerehabilitationspeech-language treatmenttelehealthCOVID-19speech-language rehabilitationMedicineRENHealthcare, Vol 9, Iss 1503, p 1503 (2021)
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spellingShingle	telerehabilitation speech-language treatment telehealth COVID-19 speech-language rehabilitation Medicine R Luisa Cacciante Błażej Cieślik Sebastian Rutkowski Anna Rutkowska Katarzyna Kacperak Tomasz Kuligowski Pawel Kiper Feasibility, Acceptability and Limitations of Speech and Language Telerehabilitation during COVID-19 Lockdown: A Qualitative Research Study on Clinicians’ Perspectives
description	The COVID-19 pandemic brought out the need to deliver health care services at a distance in the form of telerehabilitation (TR). This study aimed to analyse the Italian speech and language therapists’ (SLTs) opinions on the feasibility of the TR in the field of speech-language therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic. We developed an anonymous survey to determine the SLTs’ opinions on feasibility of TR during lockdown caused by COVID-19. We analysed the survey’s answers provided by 136 SLTs. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient showed good reliability of the survey. The SLTs working previously with TR showed better judgements regarding this method. The comparison analysis between TR and face-to-face treatment delivery showed statistically significant differences as follows: “importance” (4.35 vs. 3.32, <i>p</i> = 0.001), “feasibility” (3.37 vs. 2.11, <i>p</i> < 0.001), “alternative form” (3.64 vs. 2.58, <i>p</i> = 0.001) and “comparison” (2.24 vs. 1.69, <i>p</i> < 0.001), but not with “familiarity” (<i>p</i> = 0.81). The survey showed that most of the Italian SLTs were not satisfied with TR systems. SLTs who used TR previously had a better opinion on this treatment modality. Experience and familiarity with TR systems were key factors for the use of this new rehabilitation modality.
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author	Luisa Cacciante Błażej Cieślik Sebastian Rutkowski Anna Rutkowska Katarzyna Kacperak Tomasz Kuligowski Pawel Kiper
author_facet	Luisa Cacciante Błażej Cieślik Sebastian Rutkowski Anna Rutkowska Katarzyna Kacperak Tomasz Kuligowski Pawel Kiper
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title	Feasibility, Acceptability and Limitations of Speech and Language Telerehabilitation during COVID-19 Lockdown: A Qualitative Research Study on Clinicians’ Perspectives
title_short	Feasibility, Acceptability and Limitations of Speech and Language Telerehabilitation during COVID-19 Lockdown: A Qualitative Research Study on Clinicians’ Perspectives
title_full	Feasibility, Acceptability and Limitations of Speech and Language Telerehabilitation during COVID-19 Lockdown: A Qualitative Research Study on Clinicians’ Perspectives
title_fullStr	Feasibility, Acceptability and Limitations of Speech and Language Telerehabilitation during COVID-19 Lockdown: A Qualitative Research Study on Clinicians’ Perspectives
title_full_unstemmed	Feasibility, Acceptability and Limitations of Speech and Language Telerehabilitation during COVID-19 Lockdown: A Qualitative Research Study on Clinicians’ Perspectives
title_sort	feasibility, acceptability and limitations of speech and language telerehabilitation during covid-19 lockdown: a qualitative research study on clinicians’ perspectives
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publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/9a3eb38fb39e4042b9753e401b08e675
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Feasibility, Acceptability and Limitations of Speech and Language Telerehabilitation during COVID-19 Lockdown: A Qualitative Research Study on Clinicians’ Perspectives

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