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Home-based telerehabilitation in multiple sclerosis: a scoping review
  1. Shima Shirozhan1,
  2. Leila Rafiee-Vardanjani2,3,
  3. Mahdieh Motie2 and
  4. Shamaneh Mohamadi2
  1. 1Department of Nursing, Health in Emergency and Disaster Research Center, Social Health Research Institute, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2Student Research Committee, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran
  1. Correspondence to Mahdieh Motie, Student Research Committee, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, tehran, Iran; mahdiehmotie71{at}gmail.com

Abstract

Background Introducing home-based telerehabilitation (TR) approaches helps clinical experts to choose appropriate and effective interventions and researchers identify knowledge gaps to design clinical trial studies and systematic reviews.

Purpose This study aimed to review the knowledge of home-based TR in multiple sclerosis.

Method This scoping review study was conducted based on Arksey and O'Malley’s five-step approach. The Embase, PubMed, Cochrane, Web of Sciences, Scopus and ProQuest databases were searched in 2017–2024 to find full-text English-language articles.

Findings In 25 studies reviewed, various and extensive home-based interventions have been used in physical and cognitive aspects.

Conclusion Home-based rehabilitation is applicable, useful, safe and affordable, maintains the continuity of the rehabilitation process and increases patients’ adherence to the rehabilitation programme. However, there are challenges such as patients’ lack of familiarity with technology and limitations of outcome measurement tools that should be addressed in future studies.

  • Home Care Services
  • Nursing Home care
  • Rehabilitation
  • Home Care

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  • Contributors Planning: SS. Conduct, reporting, conception and design: SS and MM. Acquisition of data or analysis and interpretation of data etc: SS, MM, LR-V and SM. MM is the guarantor. The guarantor accepts full responsibility for the work and/or the conduct of the study, had access to the data, and controlled the decision to publish: MM

  • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

  • Competing interests None declared.

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