ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Rehabil. Sci.
Sec. Strengthening Rehabilitation in Health Systems
Volume 6 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fresc.2025.1614160
Investigation and Analysis of Rehabilitation Therapists' Current Situation in Hunan Province After the COVID-19 Epidemic: A Cross-Sectional Study
Provisionally accepted
- 1Xiangya Bo’ai Rehabilitation Hospital, Changsha, Anhui Province, China
- 2Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
- 3Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, China
- 4Taojiang County Nursing and Rehabilitation Hospital, Yiyang, China
- 5Pingshan District Central hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
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Abstract. BACKGROUND: This study examines the current status of rehabilitation therapists in Hunan Province after the COVID-19 outbreak and identifies factors affecting their job satisfaction. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to understand the post-pandemic conditions of rehabilitation therapists in Hunan Province. METHOD: After expert review, a cross-sectional questionnaire was disseminated via WeChat using the Wenjuanxing platform. Of 809 questionnaires collected, 769 valid responses were included in the final analysis after excluding incomplete or inconsistent data. RESULTS: This study analyzed the relationships between demographic factors and job satisfaction among rehabilitation therapists. Significant differences were found in age, work experience, job title, and monthly salary level (P<0.001). Notably, lower income was strongly associated with greater job dissatisfaction; each one-category increase in monthly income was associated with 51% lower odds of being in a higher (more dissatisfied) category of job satisfaction (OR = 0.49, 95% CI: 0.42–0.57; P<0.001), underscoring income as a key predictor of job satisfaction. CONCLUSIONS: Our investigation reveals that rehabilitation therapists' roles in Hunan have become more specialized, with monthly income emerging as a critical driver of job satisfaction. These findings underscore the need for competitive compensation and wider professional support to maintain workforce stability. By focusing on the post-pandemic landscape in Hunan Province, this study offers valuable insights that may guide policy and practice for rehabilitation therapists across China.
Keywords: Coronavirus, epidemic, Job Satisfaction, Rehabilitation Therapists, COVID - 19
Received: 06 May 2025; Accepted: 30 Sep 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Deng, Yang, Duan, Huang and Wang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Jun Wang, wangj16@ldy.edu.rs
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