Face-to-face assessment versus tele-assessment of chronic stroke patients: do the results meet the needs?

Autor: İlknur SARAL, Serkan SURUCU, Yasemin Tuğçe YAYLA, Engin ÇAKAR
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Volume: 6, Issue: 1 82-86
Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine
ISSN: 2636-8579
DOI: 10.32322/jhsm.1183595
Popis: Aim: Baseline evaluation of stroke patients is valuable to manage the treatment plan. As in the case of stroke evaluation and rehabilitation, in every aspect of healthcare, tele-medicine is growing gradually. The aim of this descriptive study was to explore whether initial tele-assessment of chronic stroke patients is similar to face-to-face assessment in terms of clinical scales. Material and Method: Thirty-four chronic stroke patients (mean post-stroke duration 21.44±15.47 months; stroke etiology, 58.8% ischemic; hemiplegic side, 52.9% left; mean age 49.24±12.51; 22 males; 12 females) were included in this trial. Firstly, all the patients were evaluated online, and then at the same day they were evaluated face-to-face by the clinical scales including chair stand test, Berg balance scale, Stroke specific quality of life scale, Motricity index. Results: The findings of the present study revealed that there was no statistically significant difference between tele-assessment and face-to-face assessment for all the scales (p>0.05) except chair stand test (mean time to stand: 9.41 secs vs 8.94 secs in tele-assessment and face-to-face respectively; p
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