Kraljević Jelena Kuvač, Matić Ana, Dokoza Katarina Pavičić
Department of Speech and Language Pathology, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
Polyclinic for the Rehabilitation of Listening and Speech (SUVAG), Croatia.
Int J Telerehabil. 2020 Dec 8;12(2):93-104. doi: 10.5195/ijt.2020.6325.
Telepractice facilitates services in exceptional settings and situations. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is certainly such a situation. Due to pandemic-related restrictions, speech-language pathologists (SLPs) needed to adopt new approaches to their professional functioning. The aim of the paper is to examine SLP professionals' perceptions and application of telepractice in SLP settings in Croatia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Two hundred and fifty-five SLPs completed an online survey. The results demonstrated that most SLPs had provided direct online therapy, mainly those employed in health care and private practice. The chief reasons for clients' refusal of therapy delivered via telepractice included the lack of equipment, insufficient independence, and doubts on the effectiveness of telepractice. Although only 3% of SLPs had acquired some formal knowledge of telepractice before the pandemic, over 70% expressed satisfaction with telepractice because it allowed them to provide undisturbed clinical services in an exceptional situation.
远程医疗有助于在特殊环境和情况下提供服务。当前的新冠疫情无疑就是这样一种情况。由于与疫情相关的限制措施，言语治疗师（SLP）需要采用新的方式来开展其专业工作。本文旨在研究新冠疫情期间克罗地亚言语治疗师专业人员对远程医疗在言语治疗环境中的看法及应用情况。255名言语治疗师完成了一项在线调查。结果表明，大多数言语治疗师提供了直接的在线治疗，主要是那些受雇于医疗保健机构和私人诊所的治疗师。客户拒绝接受通过远程医疗提供的治疗的主要原因包括缺乏设备、独立性不足以及对远程医疗有效性的怀疑。尽管在疫情之前只有3%的言语治疗师获得了一些关于远程医疗的正规知识，但超过70%的人对远程医疗表示满意，因为它使他们能够在特殊情况下提供不受干扰的临床服务。
