en آگاهی، نگرش، باور و استفاده از خدمات توانبخشی از راه دور در بین فیزیوتراپیست های ایالت گجرات تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research <pre data-placeholder="Translation" dir="rtl" id="tw-target-text"> زمینه و هدف: همه‌گیری کووید-19 سیستم ارائه مراقبت‌های بهداشتی را در تمامی زمینه‌ها از جمله فیزیوتراپی تحت تأثیر قرار داده است. توانبخشی از راه دور به طور خاص به خدمات توانبخشی بالینی با تمرکز بر ارزیابی، تشخیص و درمان اشاره دارد. فیزیوتراپیست های هند به عنوان یک کشور در حال توسعه از نظر فناوری، با زمینه و مفهوم توانبخشی از راه دور آشنا نیستند. این مطالعه با هدف بررسی آگاهی، نگرش و باورهای فیزیوتراپیست های گجراتی در مورد توانبخشی از راه دور و یافتن استفاده از خدمات توانبخشی از راه دور در میان آنها است. </pre> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt"><span 47="" cn="" lt="" std="" style="font-family:" univers="">Background:</span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt"><span adobe="" garamond="" pro="" style="font-family:"> COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected provision of healthcare services in all the fields including physical therapy. Telerehabilitation refers specifically to clinical rehabilitation services with the focus of evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment. Being a technologically evolving country, physical therapists of India are unfamiliar with the context and concept of telerehabilitation at large. This study intends to explore awareness, attitudes, and beliefs of<br> Gujarati physical therapists regarding telerehabilitation and utilization of telerehabilitation services among them. </span></span><br> <b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt"><span 47="" cn="" lt="" std="" style="font-family:" univers="">Methods:</span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt"><span adobe="" garamond="" pro="" style="font-family:"> An Internet based cross-sectional study was conducted on 389 physical therapists across Gujarat. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics of mean, percentages and standard deviation. <b>Results:</b> Participants (n=145 males, n=244 females) were aged 31.66 &plusmn; 8.2. 332 (85.4%) of the participants were aware of telerehabilitation. This is while only 116 (29.82%) were using it for service provision. 288 participants (74.03%) reported that the Internet connectivity was a major barrier regarding their acceptance in telerehabilitation on a regular basis. However, about 246 (63.24%) reported that it was difficult for patients to understand and adjust with telerehabilitation services.129 (33.16%) of the physical therapists were not interested in telerehabilitation when compared to conventional physical therapy. </span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt"><span 47="" cn="" lt="" std="" style="font-family:" univers="">Conclusion:</span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt"><span adobe="" garamond="" pro="" style="font-family:"> A large proportion of Gujarati physical therapists are aware of telerehabilitation services. Positive attitude belief about telerehabilitation services were reported. Due to various reasons, utilization of telerehabilitation based services by physical therapists was fairly low.</span></span></span></span></span></span> آگاهی, نگرش, باور, استفاده, فیزیوتراپی, توانبخشی از راه دور, گجرات Awareness, Attitude, Physical Therapy, Telerehabilitation 1256 1264 http://aoh.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-274-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Vivek Ramanandi vivekramanandi@gmail.com Yes Associate Professor, SPB Physiotherapy College, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, India