TelereHUB-CHILD: An online integrated knowledge translation tool to optimize telerehabilitation evidence-based practices for children with disabilities and their families.
Tatiana Ogourtsova
PMID 37050918WHAT IT FOUND
Clinicians and parents rated features of a new telerehabilitation website, confirming that organizing evidence by diagnosis and discipline makes it easier to find relevant treatments and assessments for children.
Key findings
01All clinical partners rated subdividing content by diagnosis group as moderately to very useful, and most rated subdividing by professional discipline as useful.
02The platform now includes modules for six diagnosis groups and six professional disciplines for tele-assessments, based on this feedback.
03Parent partners requested changes to patient-facing materials, such as adding examples to health outcomes and using a collaborative tone for treatment frequency advice.
STILL TO COME
How it was doneWhat they foundWhat it means for PTsWhat it means for OTsWhat it means for SLPs
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What it does not show
This is a description of a tool's development, not a trial testing whether the tool improves patient outcomes or clinician behavior. The feedback came from a small group of clinicians (n=24 in the final rating workshop) and only four parents. The co-creation process did not include youth with disabilities. The tool is currently available only in English.
Declared interests
One author is financially supported by the Foundation of the Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital and CISSS Laval.
The easy way to misread this
Do not assume this tool has been proven to improve patient care or clinician decision-making. The study only shows that clinicians and parents found the proposed features useful during the design phase; no outcomes data from using the tool are reported.