Clinical trial NCT05493306: Evaluation of Telerehabilitation Following Inpatient or Outpatient Rehabilitation Phase II
Official title: Evaluation Der Telerehabilitation im Anschluss an Eine stationäre Oder Ambulante Rehabilitation Phase II - Pilotprojekt [Evaluation of Telerehabilitation Following Inpatient or Outpatient Rehabilitation Phase II - Pilot Project]
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Oncology
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Keywords: Telerehabilitation
Evaluation
Usability
Lead sponsor: Pensionsversicherungsanstalt
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-08-09
Enrollment: 126
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Patients who have completed rehabilitation phase II and have been assessed by their doctor as suitable for telerehabilitation. Involved treatment team and administrative team.

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.


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.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Usability of the telerehabilitation
timeFrame: April 2021 - May 2022
measure: Feasibility of the telerehabilitation
timeFrame: April 2021 - May 2022
measure: Acceptance of the telerehabilitation
timeFrame: April 2021 - May 2022
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Graz
country: Austria
facility: PVA - Zentrum für ambulante Rehabilitation Graz
state: Styria
Study officials:
affiliation: Pensionsversicherungsanstalt
name: David Felder, Mag.
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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