A follow up survey on the impact of COVID-19 on hand therapy practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The coronavirus-19 pandemic continues to influence on the hand therapy community. It is important to understand how therapists are currently affected and how things have changed since the onset of the pandemic.

Purpose

Follow-up on a previous survey and investigate the current status of hand therapy practice 10 months into the pandemic.

Study design

Web-based survey.

Methods

A 38-item survey was electronically delivered to American Society of Hand Therapists members between December 9, 2020 and January 6, 2021. Stress, safety measures, changes in practice patterns and telehealth were focus areas in the survey. Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient was used to analyze nonparametric correlations, Chi-Square analysis examined relationships between cat

SUBMITTER: Priganc V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9758503 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature