Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Centre for Research in Occupational Safety and Health, School of Rural and Northern Health, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada.
Syst Rev. 2023 May 4;12(1):76. doi: 10.1186/s13643-023-02248-8.
The World Health Organization announced the outbreak of the Coronavirus disease as a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. Since then, rapid implementation of telehealth approaches into the healthcare system have been evident. The pandemic has drastically impacted the lives of many around the globe and has detrimentally affected our healthcare systems, specifically with the delivery of healthcare. This has had many implications on rehabilitation services such as, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, and speech therapy. The delivery of mental health services remotely may be referred to as teletherapy, telemental health, telepsychiatry, and telepsychology. Telerehabilitation has become a necessity over the course of the pandemic due to safety concerns with COVID-19 transmission. The primary aim of this systematic review protocol is to evaluate the literature on the effect of telerehabilitation on patient outcomes and propose directives for future research based on the evidence reviewed.
A systematic review and meta-analysis will be conducted to examine the literature on the effect of telerehabilitation on patient outcomes following the Preferred Reporting Items of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines (PRISMA, 2015). The systematic review will use the following databases to examine the literature on telerehabilitation and patient outcomes: APA PsychINFO, Embase (Ovid), MEDLINE (Ovid), CINAHL, and Scopus.
The utilization of telerehabilitation and similar telehealth treatments has increased throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. However, much is still unclear regarding the effectiveness of these methods in the delivery and service of healthcare, and their effect on health outcomes. This review will identify and address the knowledge gaps in the literature, which will provide further directions for future research.
This systematic review has been registered with PROSPERO under registration number CRD42022297849.
世界卫生组织于 2020 年 3 月 11 日宣布冠状病毒病爆发为全球大流行。自那时以来，医疗系统中迅速采用远程医疗方法已显而易见。这场大流行极大地影响了全球许多人的生活，并对我们的医疗保健系统造成了不利影响，特别是在医疗保健的提供方面。这对康复服务产生了许多影响，例如职业治疗、物理治疗和言语治疗。远程提供心理健康服务可能被称为远程治疗、远程心理健康、远程精神病学和远程心理学。由于对 COVID-19 传播的安全担忧，远程康复在大流行期间已成为必要。本系统评价方案的主要目的是评估远程康复对患者结局的影响的文献，并根据审查的证据为未来的研究提出指导方针。
将按照系统评价和荟萃分析的首选报告项目（PRISMA）指南（PRISMA，2015 年）对远程康复对患者结局影响的文献进行系统评价和荟萃分析。系统评价将使用以下数据库来研究远程康复和患者结局的文献：APA PsychINFO、Embase（Ovid）、MEDLINE（Ovid）、CINAHL 和 Scopus。
在 COVID-19 大流行期间，远程康复和类似远程医疗治疗的使用有所增加。然而，关于这些方法在医疗保健的提供和服务中的有效性及其对健康结果的影响，仍然存在许多未知数。本综述将确定并解决文献中的知识空白，这将为未来的研究提供进一步的方向。
本系统评价已在 PROSPERO 下注册，注册号为 CRD42022297849。
