At-distance neurocognitive rehabilitation during COVID-19 pandemic: A first glance of patients’ perspectives about the process and an online platform

Andreia Geraldo; Artemisa R. Dores; Irene P. Carvalho; Sandra Guerreiro; Alexandre Castro-Caldas; Fernando Barbosa

doi:10.1080/23279095.2022.2100993

At-distance neurocognitive rehabilitation during COVID-19 pandemic: A first glance of patients’ perspectives about the process and an online platform

Andreia Geraldo, Artemisa R. Dores, Irene P. Carvalho, Sandra Guerreiro, Alexandre Castro-Caldas, Fernando Barbosa

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Abstract

Despite the use of digital communication technologies in neurocognitive rehabilitation has been widely used in face-to-face interventions, the difficulties of using ICT-based tools to provide rehabilitation services and the unfamiliarity of the neuropsychologists with internet interventions limited the use of these kinds of interventions in their clinical practices. The lockdown and mitigating measures associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, on the other hand, forced the use of at-distance and online interventions as a means to mitigate the impact of those measures on the mental health and rehabilitation processes of people with neurological disorders. Overall, little is known about the perspectives of patients with acquired neurological conditions about rehabilitation services delivered at distance. Therefore, the main goal of this study was to explore the perceptions that patients with neurological disorders have on at-distance online neurocognitive rehabilitation, namely during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sixteen patients with acquired neurological conditions attending an online neurocognitive rehabilitation program in a Portuguese rehabilitation center filled in an online questionnaire during the mandatory lockdown. The results of this study highlight the potential of delivering rehabilitation services at distance, presenting its advantages and limitations from patients’ perspectives, as well as suggestions for improving both neurorehabilitation processes and the online rehabilitation platform used.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	974-983
Number of pages	10
Journal	Applied neuropsychology. Adult
Volume	31
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2022.2100993
Publication status	Published - 20 Jul 2022
Externally published	Yes

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Funding

This work was supported by the Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e a Tecnologia [Foundation for Science and Technology] under a grant with the reference SFRH/BD/138723/2018, attributed to Andreia Geraldo. A. R. Dores is a researcher of School of Health, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal, supported by FCT - Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e Tecnologia [Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology] through R&D Units funding [UIDB/05210/2020]. We wish to express our acknowledgments to NeuronUP S.L. for kindly providing free licenses of the platform for the research project under which this study was developed. We are also grateful to the Rehabilitation Center where the study was conducted, as well as to the professionals and patients involved.

Funders	Funder number
Instituto Politécnico do Porto
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia	SFRH/BD/138723/2018, UIDB/05210/2020

Keywords

COVID-19
Cognitive rehabilitation
digital communication technologies
eHealth
eMental health
neuropsychological rehabilitation

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At-distance neurocognitive rehabilitation during COVID-19 pandemic: A first glance of patients’ perspectives about the process and an online platform

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