A follow up survey on the impact of COVID-19 on hand therapy practice.
COVID-19
Hand therapy
Personal protective equipment
Stress
Telehealth
Journal
Journal of hand therapy : official journal of the American Society of Hand Therapists
ISSN: 1545-004X
Titre abrégé: J Hand Ther
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8806591
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
received:
19
02
2021
revised:
24
06
2021
accepted:
04
07
2021
medline:
8
5
2023
pubmed:
17
8
2021
entrez:
16
8
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
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. Follow-up on a previous survey and investigate the current status of hand therapy practice 10 months into the pandemic. Web-based survey. 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 categorical values and unpaired t-tests were utilized for the comparison of means. Of the 378 respondents, 85% reported higher stress levels compared to pre-pandemic times. Younger therapists expressed more stress over childcare concerns (r Hand therapists are adapting as reflected by the return to near normal work hours and less utilization of telehealth. Respondents still report higher levels of stress compared to prior to the pandemic, and this stress appears to be multifactorial in nature. Weariness with the precautionary measures such as mask wearing, social distancing and sanitizing was expressed through open-ended responses.
Sections du résumé
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 categorical values and unpaired t-tests were utilized for the comparison of means.
RESULTS
Of the 378 respondents, 85% reported higher stress levels compared to pre-pandemic times. Younger therapists expressed more stress over childcare concerns (r
CONCLUSIONS
Hand therapists are adapting as reflected by the return to near normal work hours and less utilization of telehealth. Respondents still report higher levels of stress compared to prior to the pandemic, and this stress appears to be multifactorial in nature. Weariness with the precautionary measures such as mask wearing, social distancing and sanitizing was expressed through open-ended responses.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34392999
pii: S0894-1130(21)00109-5
doi: 10.1016/j.jht.2021.07.001
pmc: PMC9758503
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
121-132Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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