Abstract Background The Swiss containment strategy for the COVID-19 pandemic during first wave in spring 2020 resulted a moratorium on non-urgent physiotherapy via regular direct patient contact. Consequently, such sessions declined by 84%. This study investigates impact of this use digital remote Switzerland period and perceptions its physiotherapists (PTs). Methods A cross-sectional online questionnaire was distributed between June August Physiotherapy Association (physioswiss) various...

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region combines a British colonial history within Chinese cultural context and offers its population dual system with comprehensive efficient public health care in tandem private hospitals practitioners. Multiple challenges are looming: increasing demand for services due to an aging population, staff shortages at all levels, underdeveloped primary healthcare system. Health is determined by multiple factors defined as state of complete physical, mental,...

Background Digital tools are becoming more and common in healthcare. Their potential to improve treatment, monitoring, coaching physiotherapy has been recognized. Yet studies report that the adoption of digital health ambulatory is rather low their underexploited.Objective This paper aims investigate how general, mobile tool physitrackTM (hereafter app) particularly, used outpatient clinics also identify what facilitates or hinders app's use.Methods The part a larger study adopts an...

Purpose: Health care practice guidelines require physiotherapists to include patients in goal-setting. However, not much is known about how this process accomplished practice. The purpose of study analyse patient–physiotherapist consultations and identify enquire goals respond these enquiries. Method: 37 consenting their physiotherapist from outpatient physiotherapy settings were videotaped. Conversation analysis was used transcribe the data. Results: In 11 cases, explicitly goals. Patients'...

Abstract Background The psychological well-being of university students is an important factor in successfully coping with the demands academic life. This study aimed to assess impact a peer-led intervention mental health promotion combined coping-strategy-based group workshops on awareness and help-seeking behavior among Hong Kong. Method A mixed-method concurrent design was used for this study. Quantitative data, based one-group pretest-posttest design, were collected using Mental Health...

OBJECTIVE: To identify professional musicians’ representation of health and illness to its perceived impact on musical performance. METHODS: A total 11 musicians participated in this phenomenological study. Five the were healthy, others suffered debilitating physical problems caused by playing their instruments. Semi-structured interviews conducted, transcribed verbatim analysed. Thematic analysis, including a six-step coding process, was performed (ATLAS-ti 6). RESULTS: Three major themes...

Guidelines advocate a combined physical and psychological approach to managing non-specific chronic low back pain (NSCLBP), referred as psychologically informed practice (PIP). PIP is underpinned by patient-centered principles skilled communication. Evidence suggests that physiotherapist-focused style of communication prevails in physiotherapy. There recognized need for observational research identify specific practices physiotherapy interactions. This study explored the interactional...

Traditional discipline-specific training has limitations in facilitating inter-professional communication and collaboration. To address this issue, two local universities Hong Kong launched an interprofessional team-based learning program to allow the undergraduate healthcare students form teams experience collaborative problem-solving. This study aimed evaluate experiences of nursing physiotherapy undergraduates following activities. Twenty-seven 3rd-year were recruited through purposive...

Background: Guidelines advocate that non-specific chronic low back pain (NSCLBP) be considered within a multi-dimensional bio-psychosocial (BPS) framework. This BPS approach advocates incorporating the patient's perspective as part of treatment process. 'Agenda setting' has been introduced key to understanding patients' concerns in medical encounters; however, this received little attention physiotherapy. study explored how physiotherapists solicit and respond agenda patients with NSCLBP...

Background and purpose Communication skills are essential for physiotherapy practice. It has been shown that patients, especially those with chronic pain problems, more satisfied services when therapists communicate adequately. The objective of this study was to explore how French-speaking physiotherapists patients low back assess the patient's experience during initial encounters. Methods consultation six consenting two videotaped. Conversation analysis used describe analyse communication...

The prevalence of chronic low back pain (LBP) increases with age and older adults are more vulnerable to develop LBP. A recent Swiss study has shown that 78% community-dwelling aged ≥65 years experienced Similarly, a in Hong Kong found approximately 30% people above 60 aim this collaborative research project was illuminate adults' experiences living LBP its implication on daily life Western Eastern cultures.Twenty-five experiencing Switzerland or were recruited through health professionals...

Older people are particularly vulnerable to hospital re-presentation following discharge. Ideal discharge planning processes facilitate the transition from home and prevent subsequent re-presentations hospital. The objective of this study was examine in two Australian hospitals, compare them between sites best-practice recommendations. An ethnographic observational conducted at general medical inpatient wards a large tertiary smaller regional Brisbane, Australia. Participants were patients...

Background and purpose Research priorities, defined by multiple stakeholders, can proximally facilitate the coordination of research projects national international cooperation distally further improve quality physiotherapy practice. The aim this study was therefore to establish priorities in Switzerland considering stakeholders' opinions. Methods A mixed methods design chosen. For a qualitative identification topics, 18 focus group discussions 23 semi-structured interviews/written...

Purpose To investigate the psychometric properties of a Chinese-translated version Young Children's Participation and Environment Measure.Materials methods The Measure was translated into Chinese using cultural adaptation by adding/replacing with activities relevant to culture. Parents 53 children aged 2–5 years developmental disabilities 50 typical developing completed questionnaires. Internal consistency, test–retest reliability, known-group validity, discriminant validity were examined...

Abstract Clinical guidelines require the patient’s participation in entire rehabilitation process, including discharge planning. However, very little is known about how this institutional requirement actually dealt with everyday clinical practice. Adopting a conversation analytic approach, our paper tackles matter, looking at situations which patients achieve interactional initiatives within interdisciplinary entry meetings (IEMs) clinic German-speaking Switzerland. Based on audio-visual...

Interprofessional practice has become increasingly important. In addition, patients are expected to participate more actively in health-care decisions. While comprehensive discharge planning been shown be effective, it is unclear how interactional structure influences patients' participation during meetings. The aims of this qualitative study were examine the interprofessional meetings two rehabilitation clinics and identify types communicative involvement (patient participation) Using an...

Abstract Background Since 2002, the professional education for Swiss physiotherapists has been upgraded to a tertiary educational level. With this change, need research related practice become more salient. The elaboration of priorities is seen as possible way determine profession's needs, help coordinate collaborations and address expectations regarding physiotherapy. There still limited evidence about stakeholders' views with regard physiotherapy research. objective study was investigate...

Although chronic low back pain (CLBP) is known to negatively affect multiple aspects of the lives older people, prior qualitative studies mainly focused on lived experiences people with CLBP in Western countries. Given cultural and contextual differences poor understanding women CLBP, it important better understand concerns Chinese CLBP. The current study aimed investigate experiences, challenges, concerns, coping strategies Hong Kong.A total 15 community-dwelling aged ≥60 years were...

Documentation is an essential component of physiotherapy practice for clinical, legal, and ethical reasons. Research in other healthcare contexts suggests that documentation impacts upon communication patient–practitioner interactions. Thus, the objective this qualitative study was to examine how physiotherapists their patients communicate during episodes documentation. The research informed by ethnomethodology ethnography. In total, 113 patient–physiotherapist interactions were observed...

To enhance the patient’s involvement, clinical guidelines on rehabilitation require participation in entire process, including discharge planning (DP). However, very little is known about how this institutional demand actually dealt with everyday practice. Adopting a conversation analytic (CA) approach, our paper tackles matter by looking at interdisciplinary entry meetings (IEMs) clinic German-speaking Switzerland. Our study based audio-visual recordings of 11 IEMs, whose central aim to...