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Hybrid Approach to Pediatric Rehabilitation

NCT06547762 · Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2024-08-09

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Summary

Children and youth recovering from acquired injuries typically receive therapy via in-patient or outpatient rehabilitation (OPR). Families from peripheral areas often face significant time and financial burdens to access treatment. Over the past decade, evidence supporting the effectiveness of remote (online) rehabilitation has increased.

Objectives: 1. Identify facilitators and barriers to hybrid service adoption. 2. Develop a hybrid telerehabilitation program for youth that is at least equivalent (non-inferior) to conventional, in-person therapy. 3. Compare hybrid rehabilitation to in-person rehabilitation at two centers in Israel in terms of: Adherence to therapy, Therapeutic alliance, Perceived quality of care (families and therapists), Functional effectiveness (measured by pre-post change in the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory, PEDI), Cost-effectiveness (including training requirements, physical space requirements, and costs); 4. Provide best practice recommendations for hybrid rehabilitation in children.

Research Methods: Focus Groups: Experts will develop a two-month hybrid program for approximately 200 children in OPR, commencing one month after in-person rehabilitation.

Evaluation Metrics: Therapy adherence, therapeutic alliance, and perceived quality of care will be assessed monthly and compared to in-person treatment. Insights will inform best practice guidelines for hybrid telerehabilitation.

Data Collection: Thematic Analysis: Analyzing focus group information. Comparative Metrics: Comparing measures of adherence, therapeutic alliance, and perceived quality of care between hybrid and in-person programs.

Difference-in-Difference Approach: Assessing functional differences between in-person and remote therapy.

Cost Analysis: Estimating direct and indirect costs per child for in-person versus remote rehabilitation.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Hybrid approach (in-person and remote) to pediatric rehabilitation: A look beyond the COVID-19 crisis

Hybrid rehabilitation. Out patients will receive one day a week of remote therapy and the remaining (1-4 days) in person at rehabilitation hospital

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sheba Medical Center

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Alyn Pediatric & Adolescent Rehabilitation Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-08-16
Primary Completion
2025-12-01
Completion
2025-12-01

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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