Is a telerehabilitation programme for older adults with hip fracture associated with burden of family caregivers who provide support?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

@ctivehip is a home-based multidisciplinary telerehabilitation programme for older adults with hip fracture, conducted with the assistance of their family caregivers. This programme was useful in improving their functional recovery. Nevertheless, we were concerned about how the programme might have affected caregivers, whose assistance was essential for supporting older adults in using new technologies and ensuring their safety during the exercises and activities at home. The aim of the present study was to compare the burden, psychological factors and physical fitness of the family caregivers of older adults who opted the @ctivehip telerehabilitation programme versus those family caregivers of older adults who received the face-to-face rehabilitation provid

SUBMITTER: Fernandez-Gonzalez M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10656811 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature