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Outpatient speech and language therapy via videoconferencing in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experiences of therapists / Videotherapie in der ambulanten Logopädie/Sprachtherapie in Deutschland während der COVID-19 Pandemie: Erfahrungen von Therapeut/innen

Silke Wittmar
Silke Wittmar
, 
Maria Barthel
Maria Barthel
, 
Juliane Leinweber
Juliane Leinweber
 e 
Bernhard Borgetto
Bernhard Borgetto
   | 06 mag 2023
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Pubblicato online: 06 mag 2023
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Ricevuto: 17 mag 2022
Accettato: 09 mar 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijhp-2023-0001
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Benefits of videoconferencing for therapists.
Benefits of videoconferencing for therapists.

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Limitations of videoconferencing for therapists.
Limitations of videoconferencing for therapists.

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Personal difficulties in conducting videoconferencing.
Personal difficulties in conducting videoconferencing.

Future prospects of videoconferencing, N = 816.

Question ‘Yes’ (%) ‘No’ (%) ‘I don’t know’ (%)
Do you see any useful applications for videoconferencing in outpatient speech and language therapy? 661 (81) 89 (11) 66 (8)
Can you imagine using videoconferencing in addition to frequency enhancement if this would enable better and/or faster therapy success? 646 (79) 113 (14) 57 (7)
Can you imagine conducting some therapy sessions in the therapy process online, without affecting therapy success? 676 (83) 82 (10) 58 (7)
Can you imagine conducting some therapy sessions in the therapy process online, without affecting the relation between you and your patient? 662 (81) 96 (12) 58 (7)
‘Yes’ (%) ‘No’ (%) ‘I don’t care’ (%)
Should videoconferencing be included in standard healthcare? 636 (78) 137 (17) 43 (5)

Participants' characteristics.

Item Response Frequency (%) Mean (SD)
Gender (n = 816) Female 771 (94.5)
Male 45 (5.5)
Age in years (n = 815) 44 (± 11)
Years of working experience (n = 812) 17 (± 10)
Professional status (n = 816) Practice owner 523 (64.1)
Employee 259 (31.7)
Freelancer 20 (2.5)
Other 14 (1.7)
Participation by state (n = 816) Bavaria 165 (20.2)
North Rhine-Westphalia 149 (18.3)
Baden-Württemberg 99 (12.1)
Lower Saxony 81 (9.9)
Hesse 66 (8.1)
Rhineland-Palatinate 61 (7.5)
Berlin 48 (5.9)
Hamburg 39 (4.8)
Saxony 23 (2.8)
Brandenburg 21 (2.6)
Schleswig-Holstein 19 (2.3)
Saarland 14 (1.7)
Mecklenburg-West Pomerania 12 (1.5)
Thuringia 8 (1)
Saxony-Anhalt 8 (1)
Bremen 3 (0.4)

Use and suitability of videoconferencing. (Please note: The specification in parentheses corresponds to the indication codes of the German ‘Heilmittelkatalog’ (therapeutic remedies catalogue). The dashes in the first column indicate that the answer options were not available for this question.

Disorder Frequency used (%) n = 707 Frequency inappropriate (%) n = 816
Language development disorder (SP1) 565 (80) 139 (17)
Articulation disorder (SP3) 484 (70) 139 (13)
Aphasia or dysphasia (SP5) 299 (42) 75 (9)
Oral swallowing disturbance (SCZ) 271 (38) 160 (20)
Speech motor dysfunction (SP6) 270 (38) 89 (11)
Functional voice disorder (ST2) 262 (37) 121 (15)
Orofacial dysfunction (OFZ) 236 (33) 107 (13)
Speech disorder (SPZ) 188 (27) 57 (7)
Stuttering (RE1) 184 (26) 88 (11)
Auditory perceptual disorder (SP2) 174 (25) 207 (25)
Organic voice disorder (ST1) 163 (23) 136 (17)
Rumbling (RE2) 50 (7) 88 (11)
Speech disorders in high degree hearing loss or deafness (SP4) 42 (6) 346 (42)
Psychogenic dysphonia (ST4) 32 (5) 218 (27)
Rhinophony (SF) 32 (5) 117 (14)
Psychogenic aphonia (ST3) 26 (4) 239 (30)
Dysphagia (SC1) - 435 (53)
Damage to the head and neck section (SC2) - 291 (36)
Nothing applies - 227 (28)
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