title: Telerehabilitation Services in Pakistan: A Rehabilitation Professional's Perspective.
abstract: Disabled community spending a miserable life and having no or very less access to basic health and rehabilitation care across Pakistan. WHO developed objectives for the provision of standard health and rehabilitation care to disables and emphasizes to achieve them till 2021. The Purpose of this study was to assess the future of tele-rehabilitation services in Pakistan. It was quantitative study with Sample size of 100 rehabilitation professionals across the country. Result showed that Telerehabilitation Services are strongly needed in Pakistan and professionals rated it as a best alternate of facility based rehabilitation services. We can provide a wide range of services through Telerehabilitation Services ranging from simple consultation to delivery of different therapeutic sessions and online monitoring.
authors.affiliation: COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Zeshan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zahid
authors.affiliation: Taipei Medical University, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Suleman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Atique
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008503:Medical Staff / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010154:Pakistan; D000069350:Telerehabilitation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*