Table 1.
Respondents’ characteristics (N=286).
| Demographic variables | Responses, n (%) | |
| Role | ||
|
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Occupational therapist | 275 (96.2) |
|
|
OTa assistant | 11 (3.8) |
| Age (years; n=227b) | ||
|
|
25-34 | 45 (19.8) |
|
|
35-44 | 64 (28.2) |
|
|
45-54 | 64 (28.2) |
|
|
55-64 | 48 (21.1) |
|
|
65-74 | 6 (2.6) |
| Racec (n=225) | ||
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 (1.3) |
|
|
Asian | 15 (6.7) |
|
|
Black or African American | 14 (6.2) |
|
|
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 1 (0.4) |
|
|
White | 163 (72.4) |
|
|
Declined to answer | 28 (12.4) |
|
|
Other | 6 (2.7) |
| Ethnicity (n=223) | ||
|
|
Hispanic or Latino | 18 (8.1) |
|
|
Not Hispanic or Latino | 179 (80.3) |
|
|
Preferred not to answer | 26 (11.7) |
| Genderc (n=226) | ||
|
|
Female | 183 (81) |
|
|
Male | 28 (12.4) |
|
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Transgender or nonbinary | 2 (0.9) |
|
|
Preferred not to answer | 13 (5.8) |
| Years of OT practice (n=232) | ||
|
|
≤5 | 25 (10.8) |
|
|
6-10 | 45 (19.4) |
|
|
11-20 | 56 (24.1) |
|
|
21-30 | 72 (31) |
|
|
>30 | 34 (14.7) |
| Years of OT practice at VHAd (n=232) | ||
|
|
≤5 | 85 (36.6) |
|
|
6-10 | 67 (28.9) |
|
|
11-20 | 57 (24) |
|
|
21-30 | 22 (9.5) |
|
|
>30 | 1 (0.4) |
| Number of OT in-home video encounters in the last 24 months | ||
|
|
10-24 | 50 (17.5) |
|
|
25-99 | 129 (45.1) |
|
|
100+ | 107 (37.4) |
| Frequency of OT in-home video encounters involving a caregiver in the last 24 months | ||
|
|
Rarely | 41 (14.3) |
|
|
Sometimes | 83 (29) |
|
|
Often | 138 (48.3) |
|
|
Always | 24 (8.4) |
| Proportion of patients aged >65 years treated by respondent (n=232) | ||
|
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None | 0 (0) |
|
|
1%-25% | 7 (3) |
|
|
26%-50% | 36 (15.5) |
|
|
51%-75% | 107 (46.1) |
|
|
76%-100% | 82 (35.3) |
| Specialty areasc (n=232) | ||
|
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Inpatient rehabilitation | 51 (22) |
|
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Outpatient rehabilitation | 132 (56.9) |
|
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Home-based primary care | 43 (18.5) |
|
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Inpatient mental health | 14 (6) |
|
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Outpatient mental health | 22 (9.5) |
|
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Skilled nursing or CLCe | 24 (10.3) |
|
|
Homeless or HUD-VASHf | 10 (4.3) |
|
|
Whole Health | 17 (7.3) |
|
|
TREWIg | 8 (3.4) |
|
|
Specialty | 57 (24.6) |
|
|
Other | 34 (14.7) |
aOT: occupational therapy.
bNot all questions were required to be answered, creating variations in the sample size for each question.
cThe respondents could select >1 answer for the questions related to race, gender, and specialty areas; therefore, the total does not add up to 100%.
dVHA: Veterans Health Administration.
eCLC: Community Living Center.
fHUD-VASH: Housing and Urban Development–Veterans Affairs Supported Housing.
gTREWI: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Telerehabilitation Enterprise-Wide Initiative.