Avoiding Pitfalls in Virtual Care: Paving the Way for More Ethical and Equitable Policies and Practices in Rehabilitation

Studies

Study Title: Avoiding Pitfalls in Virtual Care: Paving the Way for More Ethical and Equitable Policies and Practices in Rehabilitation
Rationale: This project aims to better understand the rapid scaling up of telerehabilitation and draw a portrait of telerehabilitation telepractices in Canada in order to create tools to facilitate the adoption of telerehabilitation based on best practices from an ethical point of view. The results of the survey will help us identify obstacles, facilitators and ethical issues in order to support the scaling up and sustainability of telerehabilitation in Canada
Study Description: We would like to draw your attention to a research project developed by researchers and professors Dahlia Kairy and Anne Hudon of the Institut universitaire de Réadaptation en handicap physique de Montréal (IURDPM) of the CIUSSS Centre-Sud-de-l'île-de-Montréal (CCSMTL) which focuses on telerehabilitation in the context of rehabilitation for physical disabilities.

Their surveys on telerehabilitation for patients and caregivers are available and they would like to hear from you (even if you never had telerehabilitation, just rehabilitation is fine).

Link to survey for patients:

https://bit.ly/Sondage_Patients_Telereadaptation_Patients_Telerehabilitation_Survey

Link to survey caregivers:

https://bit.ly/Sondage_Prochesaidants_Telereadaptation_Caregivers_telerehabilitation_survey

Who is the survey for?
All patients who have received physical rehabilitation, or caregivers who have helped a loved one with their physical rehabilitation, in:

- Physiotherapy
- Occupational therapy
- Speach language pathology/ Audiology
- Neuropsychology /Psychology
- Vision therapy

AND :

- who have received at least one session via telerehabilitation or
- who have never used telerehabilitation but would like to give their opinion about it or
- who has helped a loved one with at least one telerehabilitation session

Objective of the survey:

This project aims to better understand the rapid scaling up of telerehabilitation and draw a portrait of telerehabilitation telepractices in Canada in order to create tools to facilitate the adoption of telerehabilitation based on best practices from an ethical point of view. The results of the survey will help us identify obstacles, facilitators and ethical issues in order to support the scaling up and sustainability of telerehabilitation in Canada.

The survey is confidential and lasts approximately 15 to 20 minutes.

Here are additional ideas how you can share information about the surveys, including a short informative video about the surveys:

Share our video on Facebook: Facebook video
Share our video on Linked: Linkedin Video
Starting Date: 2025-04-30
Ending Date: 2025-09-30
Who can participate: Anyone who has a physical rehabilitation
Trial Institution: Universite de Montreal
Trial Investigator: Dahlia Kairy
Trial Funding: CIHR