The impact of official recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic on the clinical activity and business turnover of manual therapists in Sweden-The CAMP cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study examined manual therapy business owners' perception of official recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on their clinics' economic performance, including clinic activity hours and business turnover.

Materials and methods

In a longitudinal study design, data were collected in November 2021 (baseline), and after three months, six months, and 12 months. Participants were manual therapists who were business owners. A growth curve model was used to analyze differences in clinical activity trajectories. Multinomial logistic regression analysis was used to assess the relationship between perceived disruptions in business and turnover. Qualitative text analysis was used to examine participants' responses to open-ended questions concerning ec

SUBMITTER: Aboagye E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11329126 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature