RT Journal Article
T1 Occupational Therapy in Mental Health via Telehealth during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
A1 Sánchez-Guarnido, Antonio José
A1 Domínguez-Macías, Esther
A1 Garrido-Cervera, José Antonio
A1 González-Casares, Roberto
A1 Marí-Boned, Silvia
A1 Represa-Martínez, Águeda
A1 Herruzo, Carlos
K1 COVID-19
K1 mental health
K1 occupational therapy
K1 pandemic
K1 telehealth
AB The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about changes in mental health occupational therapy. Research into these changes and the associated risks of relapse is insufficient. To explore the changes that have taken place in forms of occupational intervention (face-to-face and online) during the pandemic, and to analyze their association with subsequent relapses, a multicenter retrospective cohort study was carried out of 270 patients with mental disorder diagnoses under follow-up in day hospitals during 2020. Our results show that the frequency of face-to-face occupational therapy interventions decreased during lockdown and subsequently recovered. Interventions via telehealth increased during lockdown and have since been continued to a greater extent than before lockdown. Patients who received occupational intervention via telehealth relapsed less in the following six months (10.7% vs. 26.3%; χ2 = 10.372; p = 0.001), especially those who received intervention via videoconferencing (4.2% vs. 22%; χ2 = 5.718; p = 0.017). In conclusion, lockdown subsequent to the COVID-19 outbreak led to a reduction in face-to-face occupational therapy interventions, putting people with prior mental disorders at risk, while the implementation of telehealth tools helped reduce relapses.
YR 2021
FD 2021-07-03
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/18224
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/18224
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 14, 2025