Table 1.

Patients’ background information and perceptions on telerehabilitation.

Patient	Reasons for inability to follow-up face-to-face	Household monthly income	Technology ownership, Mobile phone operating system, Social media applications used	Internet source, Speeda	Pre-telerehabilitation perceptions	Post-telerehabilitation perceptions
A	Long queue to borrow ambulance from municipal office or rent a multi-purpose van in which the wheelchair can fit; traffic; time conflict; family has to work; hassle of transferring patient to and from PGH	PhP 20,000 or USD 385	Smartphone, android, Facebook™ and Viber™	Cellular data, 1.86 Mbps	Worth trying given the constraints to face-to-face follow-up; might only be useful for simple cases due to lack of in-person examination	Useful; convenient; no need to wake up early to travel and wait in the long line of patients in the outpatient clinic; good reminder to exercise; could be difficult with slow or no internet
B	Nobody to accompany patient as wife is at work every day; wife is the only other adult at home to provide for the family; transportation and food expenses; long distance; traffic	PhP 20,000 or USD 385	Smartphone, android, Facebook™ and Viber™	Cellular data, 0.28 Mbps	Could save us money, time and effort; might be difficult to use	No stress unlike face-to-face follow-up; practical; fast; process was easy to follow; flexible amidst technical glitches

PhP Philippine peso, USD United states dollars, Mbps megabits per second.

^aUpload speed based on https://www.speedtest.net/ obtained before the start of the telerehabilitation follow-up.