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- Title
Physiotherapist-led, exercise-based telerehabilitation for older adults improves patient and health service outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Authors
Wicks, Matoula; Dennett, Amy M; Peiris, Casey L
- Abstract
Background Telerehabilitation can be an appropriate alternative to face-to-face rehabilitation for adults; however, it is uncertain whether it is safe and effective for older adults. Objective This review aimed to determine the effect of physiotherapist-led, exercise-based telerehabilitation for older adults on patient outcomes (health-related quality of life, activity limitation, functional impairment) and health service costs. Methods Randomised or non-randomised controlled trials including community-dwelling older adults (mean age ≥ 65 years) who received exercise-based telerehabilitation led by a physiotherapist were eligible. Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Medline, PubMed and Cochrane Library were searched from the earliest available date to August 2022. Methodological quality was assessed using the Physiotherapy Evidence Database scale. Data were synthesised with inverse variance, random-effects meta-analyses to determine standardised mean differences and 95% confidence intervals. Certainty of evidence was determined by applying Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation criteria. Results Eleven studies (10 randomised) with 1,400 participants (mean age 65–74 years) experiencing musculoskeletal and cardiopulmonary conditions were included. Telerehabilitation was safe, effective and well adhered to. Telerehabilitation was non-inferior to face-to-face physiotherapy in relation to range of movement, strength, 6-min walk distance (6MWD), timed up and go test (TUGT) and quality of life and had lower health-care costs compared with face-to-face physiotherapy. Compared with no intervention, telerehabilitation participants had significantly better range of motion, strength, quality of life, 6MWD and TUGT speed. Conclusion Physiotherapist-led, exercise-based telerehabilitation is non-inferior to face-to-face rehabilitation and better than no intervention for older adults with musculoskeletal and cardiopulmonary conditions.
- Subjects
TELEREHABILITATION; EVALUATION of medical care; CINAHL database; ONLINE information services; MEDICAL databases; META-analysis; CONFIDENCE intervals; SYSTEMATIC reviews; HEALTH status indicators; MEDICAL care costs; COMPARATIVE studies; EXERCISE; QUALITY of life; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MEDLINE; OLD age
- Publication
Age & Ageing, 2023, Vol 52, Issue 11, p1
- ISSN
0002-0729
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ageing/afad207