RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Development and Validation of the Tele-Pulmonary Rehabilitation Acceptance Scale
JF Respiratory Care
FD American Association for Respiratory Care
SP 1057
OP 1064
DO 10.4187/respcare.06432
VO 64
IS 9
A1 Abdullah A Almojaibel
A1 Niki Munk
A1 Lynda T Goodfellow
A1 Thomas F Fisher
A1 Kristine K Miller
A1 Amber R Comer
A1 Tamilyn Bakas
A1 Michael D Justiss
YR 2019
UL http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/64/9/1057.abstract
AB BACKGROUND: Using telehealth in pulmonary rehabilitation (telerehabilitation) is a new field of health-care practice. To successfully implement a telerehabilitation program, measures of acceptance of this new type of program need to be assessed among potential users. The purpose of this study was to develop a scale to measure acceptance of using telerehabilitation by health-care practitioners and patients.METHODS: Three objectives were met (a) constructing a modified scale of the technology acceptance model, (b) judging the items for content validity, and (c) judging the scale for face validity. Nine experts agreed to participate and evaluate item relevance to theoretical definitions of domains. To establish face validity, 7 health-care practitioners and 5 patients were interviewed to provide feedback about the scale's clarity and ease of reading.RESULTS: The final items were divided into 2 scales that reflected the health-care practitioner and patient responses. Each scale included 3 subscales: perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and behavioral intention.CONCLUSIONS: The 2 scales, each with 3 subscales, exhibited evidence of content validity and face validity. The 17-item telerehabilitation acceptance scale for health-care practitioners and the 13-item telerehabilitation acceptance scale among patients warrant further psychometric testing as valuable measures for pulmonary rehabilitation programs.