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Published on: January 17, 2013
Technical issues occur but are infrequent and have little impact on physiotherapist-delivered videoconferencing
Megan H Ross1, Trevor Russell1, Kim L Bennell2
1RECOVER Injury Research Centre, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Introduction:
Clinicians often report technical issues as a barrier to adopting videoconferencing service models. This descriptive study nested within a randomised controlled trial investigated the frequency, nature and impact of technical issues during video consultations.
Methods:
Physiotherapists (n = 15) underwent training to deliver knee osteoarthritis care focussed on education, strengthening and physical activity. In the randomised controlled trial, participants received five physiotherapy consultations either in-person or via videoconferencing (via Zoom) over 3-months; consultations were recorded and physiotherapists documented technical difficulties. In this study, available notes were audited (n = 169 initial and n = 147 final consultations) and nature and frequency of technical issues coded. Based on whether the clinician reported technical difficulties, three subgroups were created for analysis 1) in-person, 2) videoconferencing without technical issues, 3) videoconferencing with technical issues. Forty participants were randomly selected for each subgroup (n = 120). Duration of consultation components (set-up and introduction, assessment, exercise, physical activity, education and wrap-up), total consultation duration and duration of technical issues were compared across subgroups using one-way multivariate analyses of variance with mean differences (MD) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
Results:
Technical issues were documented in 37% (initial) and 19% (final) of video consultations. Problems with audio/video were most frequent, occurring in 36-21% (initial) and 18-24% (final) consultations. Audio/video problems were predominantly experienced during set-up, but did not significantly increase videoconferencing consultation duration compared to in-person consultation duration (MD (95% CI) 0.72 (-3.57 to 5.01) minutes).
Discussion:
While technical issues with videoconferencing consultations frequently occur, they are typically minor, transient and resolved quickly.
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