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Factors influencing the willingness to adopt telerehabilitation among rehabilitation professionals in Austria and Germany: a survey comparing data before and during COVID-19.
- Source :
- Disability & Rehabilitation; Mar2024, Vol. 46 Issue 6, p1149-1157, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- To investigate determinants of willingness to adopt telerehabilitation, willingness of technology use, core affect regarding using telerehabilitation, and digital competencies in rehabilitation professionals in Austria and Germany before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional paper-based and online survey was conducted before and during COVID-19, respectively, with three cohorts of rehabilitation professionals. Outcomes were the willingness to adopt telerehabilitation evaluated using the extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology; willingness of technology use using the short scale for assessing the willingness of technology use; digital competencies and core affect using the Digital Competence Framework and semantic differential, respectively. Multivariate ordinal regression analysis was performed to determine predictors. Included were 603 rehabilitation professionals. Analysis revealed differences between Austria and Germany and before and during the pandemic for most outcomes. German residency, the pandemic, and a higher educational level were most important predictors of higher willingness to adopt telerehabilitation, willingness of technology use, digital competencies, and positive core affect. The pandemic increased most aspects of willingness to adopt telerehabilitation, willingness of technology use, digital competencies, and positive core affect. Results confirm that rehabilitation professionals with higher degrees are more prone to adopt innovations in healthcare.Registration: German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS00021464) The willingness to adopt telerehabilitation is associated with external factors increasing the need for alternative rehabilitation delivery, such as COVID-19, and with financial facilitators, such as reimbursement. As the willingness to adopt telerehabilitation is higher among speech and language therapists and dietitians, efforts are necessary to enhance its use in physiotherapists and occupational therapists. As a higher willingness to adopt telerehabilitation was observed in younger rehabilitation professionals and those with higher education, increasing the importance of telerehabilitation in education curricula and further knowledge transfer into practice for those already working in the field seems necessary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CROSS-sectional method
DIGITAL technology
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
THERAPEUTICS
RESEARCH funding
SOCIAL determinants of health
DATA analysis
REHABILITATION
MULTIPLE regression analysis
STATISTICAL sampling
KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
TELEREHABILITATION
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
CHI-squared test
ALLIED health personnel
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
SURVEYS
ODDS ratio
ATTITUDES of medical personnel
STATISTICS
ACCEPTANCE & commitment therapy
COMPARATIVE studies
DATA analysis software
CONFIDENCE intervals
COVID-19 pandemic
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09638288
- Volume :
- 46
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Disability & Rehabilitation
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176073582
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2023.2193428