Title

Telerehabilitation in India: From awareness to acceptance

Authors

Saurabh Agnihotri^1,*, Naveen Kumar Singh² & Nalina Gupta³

Affiliation

¹Department of Physiotherapy, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Delhi Road, Moradabad - 244001, Uttar Pradesh, India; ²Department of Surgery, Teerthanker Mahaveer Medical College, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, India; ³Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Sadopur, Ambala, Haryana, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Saurabh Agnihotri - E-mail: saurabh.mpt@gmail.com; physiotherapy_opd@tmu.ac.in; Phone: +91 8938856863
Naveen Kumar Singh - E-mail: dr.naveen.s@gmail.com; principal.medical@tmu.ac.in
Nalina Gupta - E-mail: nalinagupta0406@gmail.com; principal.physiotherapy@mmambala.org

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received June 1, 2025; Revised June 30, 2025; Accepted June 30, 2025, Published June 30, 2025

Abstract

Telerehabilitation is gaining prominence in improving healthcare access, especially in underserved regions. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of the general population in Western Uttar Pradesh, India. A cross-sectional survey of 455 individuals was conducted using a validated, Hindi-translated questionnaire. While only 40.7% were previously aware of telerehabilitation, 81.8% showed willingness to use it, particularly among younger, male and better-educated participants. Thus, the need for targeted awareness and digital inclusion strategies to enable equitable access to telerehabilitation across populations is reported.

Keywords

Telerehabilitation, knowledge-attitude-practice, telemedicine, digital literacy, public health, cross-sectional survey

Citation

Agnihotri et al. Bioinformation 21(6): 1689-1692 (2025)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.