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Titre : | Doing things you never imagined: Professional and ethical issues in the U.S. outpatient physical therapy setting during the COVID-19 pandemic (2022) |
Auteurs : | Rebecca Edgeworth Ditwiler ; Laura Lee Swisher ; Dustin Dean Hardwick |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Musculoskeletal Science and Practice (Vol. 62, December 2022) |
Article en page(s) : | 102684 |
Note générale : | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2022.102684 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Descripteurs : |
HE Vinci COVID-19 ; Douleur musculosquelettique ; Etats-Unis ; Ethique ; Pandémies ; Patients en consultation externe ; Techniques de physiothérapie |
Résumé : | Objective Despite being the most prevalent physical therapy practice setting in the United States, no literature to date has examined the professional and ethical issues faced by outpatient physical therapists during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to explore professional and ethical issues experienced by outpatient physical therapists in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design An explorative semi-structured interview study using reflexive thematic analysis Methods Virtual semi-structured interviews explored physical therapists? experiences during COVID-19 in the OP setting. Data was analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis as described by Braun and Clarke. Results Respondents worked predominantly with patients with orthopaedic impairments. Six primary themes and associated subthemes were identified: 1) Disruption of routine professional and personal life. 2) Negative impacts on health and wellbeing (physical, mental, and social). 3) Barriers to relationships, communication, and providing quality care. 4) Telehealth as a safe option to increase access with opportunities and challenges. 5) Discomfort practicing in an environment of misinformation, mistrust, and divisiveness. 6) New & pre-existing ethical issues in the COVID-19 context. Conclusions Results of this study indicate that physical therapists in the outpatient setting wrestled with critical questions regarding outpatient physical therapy practice during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of touch in professional identity, challenges to the therapeutic alliance, effect of productivity and fiscal expectations and whether outpatient physical therapy is essential during public emergencies. |
Disponible en ligne : | Oui |
En ligne : | https://login.ezproxy.vinci.be/login?url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468781222001850 |