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Chinese Journal of Clinicians(Electronic Edition) ›› 2024, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (07): 654-661. doi: 10.3877/cma.j.issn.1674-0785.2024.07.007

• Investigation Research • Previous Articles    

Awareness and demand for application of digital therapeutics among orthopedic rehabilitation patients: an analysis of results based on 928 questionnaires

Fangming Liu1,2, Xiuxiu Shi1,2, Chong Tang3, Keshi Zhang3, Ying Xu1,2, Guishan Wang1,2, Zhenpeng Guan3, Xiao Li1,2,()   

  1. 1.Department of Rehabilitation, Senior Department of Orthopedics,the Fourth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100048, China
    2.National Clinical Research Center for Orthopedics, Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation, Beijing 100048,China
    3.Department of Osteology, Peking University Shougang Hospital, Beijing 100144, China
  • Received:2024-06-13 Online:2024-07-15 Published:2024-11-18
  • Contact: Xiao Li

Abstract:

Objective

To investigate the awareness, demand, intention, and preference for digital therapeutics (DTx) in orthopedic rehabilitation patients, so as to better promote the application of DTx in orthopedic rehabilitation in the future.

Methods

An observational cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the awareness, demand, intention, and preference for DTx among orthopedic rehabilitation outpatients and inpatients in four public medical institutions in Beijing, including rehabilitation medicine department in Grade Ⅲ Level A hospital, rehabilitation specialist hospital, and community rehabilitation center. A self-designed electronic questionnaire was used for survery, and the results were statistically analyzed.

Results

A total of 928 valid questionnaires were obtained. Statistical analysis of the degree of awareness of DTx showed that 80.28% of patients “did not know”; the proportion of patients with “no awareness at all” in people over 50 years old was significantly higher than that of other age groups (P=0.036 ),but the degree of understanding of DTx among people with master’s degree or above was significantly higher than that of other education groups ( P=0.011 ). Of the 693 patients who had never used DTx, 75.61% were willing to try to use DTx to manage their own health problems, and if used together with medical staff,the percentage of patients willing to use DTx increased to 86.00%. Compared with patients who had not used DTx, the proportion of patients who were willing to spend more than one hour per day on orthopedic rehabilitation training and the proportion of patients who were willing to attend the hospital more than twice a week for rehabilitation treatment were significantly higher in those who had used DTx (P<0.001).However, patients who had used DTx were more worried about personal privacy or other security issues(P=0.003) and believed that DTx would weaken their interpersonal relationships with medical staff (P<0.001).

Conclusion

Although the awareness of DTx in orthopedic rehabilitation patients needs to be improved,they have high confidence and more expectations for the new mode of DTx than traditional rehabilitation methods. In the future, we should continue to increase the popularization and education of DTx in orthopedic rehabilitation, and improve the DTx products of orthopedic rehabilitation with regard to product design,performance modules, usage methods, and safety guarantees

Key words: Orthopedic rehabilitation, Digital therapeutics, Questionnaire

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