Investigating the use of digital health tools in physiotherapy: facilitators and barriers

Figures & data

Table 1. Data collection and number of participants during ethnographic fieldwork.

Period	Observed sessions	Participating PHY	Participating PAT
January-March 2020	31	13	31
June 2020	14		12

Figure 1. Physiotherapists’ most recurrent use of the app.

Table 2. Physiotherapists’ use of different functions of the app.

Feature	Often	Rarely	Alternatives used
Exercise program	x		hard copies of exercise program; filming patients with their own cell phone
Chat	x		e-mail
Online assessment questionnaire		x	paper questionnaire
Online educational material		x	anatomy app
Video calls		x	video-call tool; phone

Figure 2. Factors that facilitate or hinder the adoption of the app.