| Physical Therapists' Recognition about Home-Based Rehabilitation Therapy Services |
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Sung Jin Jung, Chul Woo Park, Hwa Soon Han, Hyun Jung Lim, Ki Yo Hong, Chai Young Lim, Hyung Ik Shin |
1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hyungik1@snu.ac.kr
2National Rehabilitation Center, Seoul, Korea. |
| 방문 재활치료에 대한 물리치료사들의 인식 |
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정성진1,한화순2,임현정2,홍기요2,박철우3,임채영1,신형익1 |
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서울대학교 의과대학 재활의학교실1, 국립재활원2, 서울재활병원3 |
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| Abstract |
BACKGROUND
We were interested in getting feedback from physical therapists practicing in individualized home health programs about the present situation and the problems of home-based rehabilitation therapy services.
METHODS
We recruited 110 physical therapists practicing in individualized home-visiting health programs offered at health centers. They each completed a 15-item self-administered questionnaire including personal information, therapy environments, characteristics of patients, treatment outcomes and suggestions.
RESULTS
Of the 110 respondents, 66 (60%) were engaged in home-based rehabilitation therapy services with other duties. Sixty (54.5%) indicated that >25% of patients improved with home-based therapy and 90% of patients were satisfied with the services they received. Eighty-three (75.5%) respondents indicated that the amount of therapy provided was insufficient, 82 (74.5%) thought that there were no measurement tools to use except for the rehabilitation therapy services records and 27 (24.6%) had evaluation meetings with other medical service members for >50% of their patients.
CONCLUSION
The majority of the physical therapists in our study indicated that the home-based rehabilitation therapy services satisfied the needs of patients and improved their functional abilities. However, amount of therapy, use of measurement tools for outcome evaluations and comprehensive team approach were indicated as insufficient. We conclude that increasing the number of physical therapists and systematizing the home-based rehabilitation therapy services would improve the present situation. |
| Key Words:
Home-based rehabilitation therapy services, Physical therapists, Feedback, Individualized home-visiting health programs |
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