The use of telerehabilitation in community-based rehabilitation for people with acquired brain injury: Perceptions of service users and providers
Background
This project will determine the needs of the Acquired Brain Injury Outreach Service (ABIOS), and current challenges in service delivery. In a pilot study, ABIOS staff will deliver services to people with acquired brain injury and their families via telerehabilitation to determine the effectiveness of the service, barriers and facilitators, and end user (client, family members and, service providers) perspectives of this mode of service delivery.
Aims
There is limited research on the use of telerehabilitation platforms in service delivery for people with acquired brain injury (ABI), especially technologies that support delivery of services into the home. This qualitative study aimed to explore the perspectives of rehabilitation coordinators, individuals with ABI, and family caregivers on the usability and acceptability of videoconferencing (VC) in community-based rehabilitation. Participants' experiences and perceptions of telerehabilitation and their impressions of a particular VC system were investigated.
Dissemination
- Article published in Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, January 2020: Ownsworth, Tamara, Theodoros, Deborah, Cahill, Louise, Vaezipour, Atiyeh, Quinn, Ray, Kendall, Melissa, Moyle, Wendy and Lucas, Karen (2020) Perceived usability and acceptability of videoconferencing for delivering community-based rehabilitation to individuals with acquired brain injury: a qualitative investigation. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 26 1: 47-57. doi:10.1017/s135561771900078x
- Results presented at the ASSBI/NZRA Trans-Tasman Conference in Wellington, NZ, 4 May 2019, and at the Speech Pathology Australia Conference, 2-5 June 2019.
Who benefits from this research?
The consumers (or end-users) of the research findings include rehabilitation coordinators at ABIOS, other service providers, people with acquired brain injury and their family caregivers.