Perceptions About the Efficacy and Acceptability of Telephone and Video-Delivered Allied Health Care for Adults With Disabilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-sectional National Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate and compare perceptions about the efficacy and acceptability of allied health care delivered via telephone and video call for adults with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design

Cross-sectional national survey.

Setting

Participants who accessed occupational therapy, physiotherapy, psychology, or speech pathology care via telephone or via video call from June to September 2020.

Participants

Five hundred eighty-one adults with permanent or significant disabilities, or their carers, partners, or family members, who were funded by the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Interventions

Not applicable.

Main outcome measures

Experiences (eg, safety, efficacy, ease of use) with telephone and video-delivered c

SUBMITTER: Lawford BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8760738 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature