Telehealth delivery of paediatric rehabilitation for children with neurodisability: A mixed methods realist evaluation of contexts, mechanisms and outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Teledelivery of rehabilitation services has been proposed as a cost-effective option for supporting children with neurodisability and their families. However, little is understood of the conditions that support uptake of telehealth in paediatric rehabilitation, what is delivered during telehealth or perceptions of its outcomes. The aim of this study was to identify the context, process and outcomes of telehealth for children with neurodisability and their families. A secondary objective was to identify if variations in these aspects of telehealth occurred for Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand.

Method

A mixed-methods, three phase, realist evaluation identified context-mechanism-outcome configurations (CMOcs) of telehealth. In Phase 1, the Determinants of

SUBMITTER: Graham F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10084377 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature