Open AccessGuidelines in establishing telerehabilitation services for people with vision impairment
Author(s) -
Beula Christy,
Mojjada Mahalakshmi,
T V Aishwarya,
Deiva Jayaraman,
Anthony Vipin Das,
Padmaja Kumari Rani
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_1899_21
Subject(s) - telerehabilitation , medicine , pandemic , covid-19 , rehabilitation , physical medicine and rehabilitation , telemedicine , intervention (counseling) , blindness , physical therapy , optometry , health care , nursing , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , economics , economic growth
Telerehabilitation is a viable option to provide continuum of rehabilitation intervention in situations like the ongoing pandemic. Presently, there is no policy guidelines to the minimum standard of telerehabilitation. This paper describes procedures for telerehabilitation for people with blindness and low vision from the evidence-based practices from a premier eye institute in South India. The suggested guidelines can help develop and replicate similar models of telerehabilitation to reach people in need in difficult situations like COVID 19 pandemic.