The effects of in-home rehabilitation on task self-efficacy in mobility-impaired adults: A randomized clinical trial.

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OBJECTIVES: To examine the effect on mobility self-efficacy of a multifactorial, individualized, occupational/physical therapy (OT/PT) intervention delivered via teletechnology or in-home visits. DESIGN: Randomized, clinical trial. SETTING: One Department of Veterans Affairs and one private rehabilitation hospital. PARTICIPANTS: Sixty-five community-dwelling adults with new mobility devices. Thirty-three were randomized to the control or usual care group (UCG), 32 to the intervention group (IG). INTERVENTION: Four, once-weekly, 1-hour OT/PT sessions targeting three mobility and three transfer tasks. A therapist delivered the intervention in the traditional home setting (trad group n = 16) or remotely via teletechnology (tele group n = 16). MEASUREMENTS: Ten-item Likert-scale measure of mobility self-efficacy. RESULTS: The IG had a statistically significantly greater increase in overall self-efficacy over the study period than the UCG (mean change: IG 8.8, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 3.8-13.7; UCG 1.2, 95% CI = -5.8-8.2). Descriptively, the IG exhibited positive changes in self-efficacy for all tasks and greater positive change than the UCG on all items with the exception of getting in and out of a chair. Comparisons of the two treatment delivery methods showed a medium standardized effect size (SES) in both the tele and trad groups, although it did not reach statistical significance for the tele group (SES: tele = 0.35, 95% CI = -2.5-0.95; trad = 0.54, 95% CI = 0.06-1.14). CONCLUSION: A multifactorial, individualized, home-based OT/PT intervention can improve self-efficacy in mobility-impaired adults. The trend toward increased self-efficacy irrespective of the mode of rehabilitation delivery suggests that telerehabilitation can be a viable alternative to or can augment traditional in-home therapy.

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Duke Authors

Cited Authors

  • Sanford, JA; Griffiths, PC; Richardson, P; Hargraves, K; Butterfield, T; Hoenig, H

Published Date

  • November 2006

Published In

Volume / Issue

  • 54 / 11

Start / End Page

  • 1641 - 1648

PubMed ID

  • 17087689

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0002-8614

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00913.x

Language

  • eng

Conference Location

  • United States