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Teaching self-management skills in persons with chronic lower limb swelling and limited mobility: evidence for usability of telerehabilitation.

Faett, Becky L and Brienza, David M and Geyer, Mary Jo and Hoffman, Leslie A (2013) Teaching self-management skills in persons with chronic lower limb swelling and limited mobility: evidence for usability of telerehabilitation. Int J Telerehabil, 5 (1). 17 - 26. ISSN 1945-2020

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usability of telerehabilitation as a method of teaching self-management for chronic swelling of the lower limbs in persons with limited mobility. An in-home telerehabilitation self-management education protocol for chronic swelling of the lower limbs, termed Telerehabilitation to Empower You to Manage and Prevent Swelling (TR-PUMPS), was implemented using the Versatile and Integrated System for Telerehabilitation (VISYTER) software platform. Participants (n=11) were 36-79 years old, predominately female (72.7%) and diagnosed with a variety of health conditions. Participants' perceived usability scores of the remote delivery of TR-PUMPS was high with a median score of 6.67 (range 4.90 - 7.00) on a Likert scale: 1= disagree to 7= agree. There was no correlation between participants' familiarity with information technology and their perception of telerehabilitation usability. These results support telerehabilitation as a viable method for teaching a home-based, self-management protocol for chronic swelling.


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Item Type: Article
Status: Published
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailPitt UsernameORCID
Faett, Becky LFAETTB@pitt.eduFAETTB
Brienza, David MDBRIENZA@pitt.eduDBRIENZA
Geyer, Mary Jomjgeyer@pitt.eduMJGEYER
Hoffman, Leslie Alhof@pitt.eduLHOF
Date: 2013
Date Type: Publication
Journal or Publication Title: Int J Telerehabil
Volume: 5
Number: 1
Page Range: 17 - 26
DOI or Unique Handle: 10.5195/ijt.2013.6114
Schools and Programs: School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences > Rehabilitation Science and Technology
School of Nursing > Nursing
Refereed: Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords: Telerehabilitation, chronic disease management and mobility limitation, lower limb swelling, self-management, telehealth, usability
ISSN: 1945-2020
Date Deposited: 18 Jul 2014 21:15
Last Modified: 30 Oct 2018 14:00
URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/22257

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