Preferences of speech and language therapists for telepractice in the COVID-19 pandemic and factors affecting their acceptance of the delivery model

Mehmet Emrah CANGİ; İbrahim Can YAŞA; Ayşe IŞILDAR

doi:https://doi.org/10.18621/eurj.854706

Makale detayları

Preferences of speech and language therapists for telepractice in the COVID-19 pandemic and factors affecting their acceptance of the delivery model

Yazarlar:

Mehmet Emrah CANGİ | İbrahim Can YAŞA | Ayşe IŞILDAR

Yayıncı:

Prusa Medical Publishing

Ana Başlıklar:

Sağlık teşvikleri

Dergi:

The European Research Journal 2021 Vol.7 Issue 6, pp.645-657

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

11/2021

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000661810

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

2149-3189

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18621/eurj.854706

Özet:

 


Objectives: With the COVID-19 pandemic, telepractice became a great option in speech-language therapy services, as in many healthcare utilities. However, the transition to this service model did not occur at a similar rate for every clinician. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the experiences, preferences and factors affecting the acceptance of speech-language therapists (SLT) regarding telepractice in Turkey. 

Methods: Sixty-seven SLTs were presented with a questionnaire that addressed the professional tendencies, experiences and views on telepractice of them. Descriptive statistics regarding the preferences and experiences of SLTs were calculated. Moreover, factors that might be related to the number of sessions they held at the pandemic were examined with the Chi-squared test. 

Results: The speech-language disorders that SLTs find the most suitable for telepractice were fluency disorders, voice disorders and speech sound disorders. Groups that SLTs deemed most suitable for receiving telepractice in terms of age were 12-21, 22-64 and 7-11, respectively. A significant relationship was found between the frequency of online meetings and telepractice sessions before the pandemic and the number of sessions during the pandemic. Furthermore, a significant relationship also was found between satisfaction with using clinician skills in telepractice and the number of telepractice sessions during the pandemic. 

Conclusions: The importance of the first experiences of SLTs in the acceptance of the delivery method emerged. The necessity of in-service trainings and exemplary models to improve attitudes emerged. With these trainings, ensuring security, standardizing practices and increasing qualified services will be provided as well.

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Makale detayları

Preferences of speech and language therapists for telepractice in the COVID-19 pandemic and factors affecting their acceptance of the delivery model

Yazarlar: Mehmet Emrah CANGİ | İbrahim Can YAŞA | Ayşe IŞILDAR

Yayıncı: Prusa Medical Publishing

Ana Başlıklar: Sağlık teşvikleri

Dergi: The European Research Journal 2021 Vol.7 Issue 6, pp.645-657

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 11/2021

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000661810

Sıklık: İki Aylık

eISSN: 2149-3189

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18621/eurj.854706

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Mehmet Emrah CANGİ | İbrahim Can YAŞA | Ayşe IŞILDAR

Yayıncı:

Prusa Medical Publishing

Ana Başlıklar:

Sağlık teşvikleri

Dergi:

The European Research Journal 2021 Vol.7 Issue 6, pp.645-657

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

11/2021

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000661810

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

2149-3189

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18621/eurj.854706