Computer interviewing in a primary care office: the patients are ready.

Autor:	Smith PD; Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 53715, USA. Psmith@fammed.wisc.edu, Grasmick M
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Studies in health technology and informatics [Stud Health Technol Inform] 2004; Vol. 107 (Pt 2), pp. 1162-5.
Abstrakt:	Unlabelled: Computer patient interviewing has been used since 1968 and must be acceptable to a majority of patients for wide spread use to occur. Computer interviewing is still not used widely in the United States. Potential barriers have not been identified in the literature. Methods: 150 of 164 (91.5%) eligible patients at a family medicine ambulatory practice were enrolled in a study to evaluate computer interview of cough and sore throat complaints. Subjects were given the choice to have the interview in the waiting or examination room. Telephone interviews were conducted 2-4 weeks later with 143/150 patients (95.3%). Results: 102/150 (68%) of subjects chose the wait-ing room and 48/150 (32%) chose the examination room for the computer interview. 127/143 (88.8%) were willing to use the computer interview for evaluation of cough or sore throat again in the future. 116/143 (81.1%) were willing to use the computer interview for other medical complaints in the future. Conclusions: Patients are willing to use computer interview-ing and some interviews may be conducted in the waiting room.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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