Feasibility of Remote Occupational Therapy Services via Telemedicine in a Breast Cancer Recovery Program.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Access to perioperative breast surgery occupational therapy services remains limited in remote areas.

Objective

To assess the feasibility and acceptance of occupational therapy services using a "hub-and-spoke" telemedicine model.

Design

Prospective study using videoconferencing to connect the occupational therapist, located at the hub site, with the patient, located at the spoke site.

Setting

National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center (hub site) and affiliated community cancer center (spoke site). The sites are 75 mi apart.

Participants

Female breast cancer patients (N = 26) scheduled for breast surgery were asked to participate in telemedicine occupation therapy sessions. Patients lived in a geographically remote region and travell

SUBMITTER: Lai LL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9017644 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature