방문 재활치료에 대한 물리치료사들의 인식 (Physical Therapists’ Recognition about Home-Based Rehabilitation Therapy Services)

서지정보

· 발행기관 : 대한노인병학회
· 수록지 정보 : Annals of geriatric medicine and research / 15권 / 1호 / 37 ~ 46페이지
· 저자명 : 정성진, 한화순, 임현정, 홍기요, 박철우, 임채영, 신형익

초록

Background: We were interested in getting feedback from physical therapists practicing in individualized home health programs about the present situation and the problems of home-based rehabilitation therapy services.
Methods: We recruited 110 physical therapists practicing in individualized home-visiting health programs offered at health centers. They each completed a 15-item self-administered questionnaire including personal information, therapy environments, characteristics of patients, treatment outcomes and suggestions.
Results: Of the 110 respondents, 66 (60%) were engaged in home-based rehabilitation therapy services with other duties. Sixty (54.5%) indicated that >25% of patients improved with home-based therapy and 90% of patients were satisfied with the services they received. Eighty-three (75.5%) respondents indicated that the amount of therapy provided was insufficient, 82(74.5%) thought that there were no measurement tools to use except for the rehabilitation therapy services records and 27(24.6%) had evaluation meetings with other medical service members for >50% of their patients.
Conclusion: The majority of the physical therapists in our study indicated that the home-based rehabilitation therapy services satisfied the needs of patients and improved their functional abilities. However, amount of therapy, use of measurement tools for outcome evaluations and comprehensive team approach were indicated as insufficient. We conclude that increasing the number of physical therapists and systematizing the home-based rehabilitation therapy services would improve the present situation.

영어초록

Background: We were interested in getting feedback from physical therapists practicing in individualized home health programs about the present situation and the problems of home-based rehabilitation therapy services.
Methods: We recruited 110 physical therapists practicing in individualized home-visiting health programs offered at health centers. They each completed a 15-item self-administered questionnaire including personal information, therapy environments, characteristics of patients, treatment outcomes and suggestions.
Results: Of the 110 respondents, 66 (60%) were engaged in home-based rehabilitation therapy services with other duties. Sixty (54.5%) indicated that >25% of patients improved with home-based therapy and 90% of patients were satisfied with the services they received. Eighty-three (75.5%) respondents indicated that the amount of therapy provided was insufficient, 82(74.5%) thought that there were no measurement tools to use except for the rehabilitation therapy services records and 27(24.6%) had evaluation meetings with other medical service members for >50% of their patients.
Conclusion: The majority of the physical therapists in our study indicated that the home-based rehabilitation therapy services satisfied the needs of patients and improved their functional abilities. However, amount of therapy, use of measurement tools for outcome evaluations and comprehensive team approach were indicated as insufficient. We conclude that increasing the number of physical therapists and systematizing the home-based rehabilitation therapy services would improve the present situation.

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