Thank you for accessing the Telerehabilitation Survey. This survey is being conducted by the College of Rehabilitation Sciences (CoRS) at the University of Manitoba. Simultaneously, this survey is being conducted by researchers at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands to provide a point of comparison.
The Covid-19 Pandemic has meant that many clinicians have used virtual means to continue their work while others were already engaged in using technology to provide services at a distance. Telerehabilitation refers to “the provision of rehabilitation services at a distance using telecommunications technology as the delivery medium” (Russel, 2007, p. 217).
Van den Bergh et al (2021) distinguish three categories of telerehabilitation:
Teleconsultation comprises consultation or assessment/evaluation conducted remotely via telecommunication technologies such as telephone and videoconferencing Telemonitoring comprises data collection via a remote monitoring tool, such as a wearable device or app, to inform health care providers in treatment provision Teletreatment comprises the remote delivery of rehabilitation interventions or therapies using telecommunications technology. The purpose of this survey is to obtain an overview of current telerehabilitation practice among rehabilitation clinicians and identify what are perceived barriers and facilitators to eHealth practice, including preparedness for using technology to deliver services at a distance.
Your participation in this online survey is completely voluntary, you do not have to answer any questions you do not want to, and the results are confidential. Your responses will be held in confidence, and the survey platform will not record your e-mail address or IP (Internet protocol) address. Individual survey respondents will be assigned an ID number prior to analysis. The results will be aggregated before they are shared with others, and we will not report any information unless there are at least five people in a response category. Although the survey is confidential, there is some risk that people reviewing the survey results may be able to identify who you are based on some data collected, particularly in the demographics section of the survey. The people reviewing the survey results are CoRS faculty members (Cara Brown, Louise Chartrand, Moni Fricke, Ed Giesbrecht, Patty Thille & Pam Wener).
The online survey consists of questions that ask you to select one or more responses; some questions allow you to type in additional information if you wish. The survey should take you approximately 15 minutes to complete. The survey must be completed in one sitting as the survey system will not let you save your survey responses to complete them later. Once you complete the survey and submit your responses, you will not be able to withdraw your responses as we cannot link the survey responses back to you. By completing the online survey, you are consenting to participate in the survey.
