Patient Engagement With and Perceptions of the COVIDA Project, a Volunteer-Led Telemonitoring and Teleorientation Service for COVID-19 Community Management: Mixed Methods Study.

Autor:	Escobar-Agreda S; Unidad de Telesalud, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru., Silva-Valencia J; Unidad de Telesalud, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru., Soto-Becerra P; Vicerrectorado de Investigación, Universidad Continental, Lima, Peru., Reategui-Rivera CM; Unidad de Telesalud, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru.; Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States., De la Cruz-Torralva K; Unidad de Telesalud, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru., Chahuara-Rojas M; Unidad de Telesalud, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru., Hernandez-Iriarte B; Unidad de Telesalud, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru., Espinoza-Herrera DH; Unidad de Telesalud, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru., Delgado CA; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru., Matassini S; Department of Anthropology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States., Vargas-Herrera J; Unidad de Telesalud, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru., Rojas-Mezarina L; Facultad de Salud Pública y Administración, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	JMIR formative research [JMIR Form Res] 2024 Sep 13; Vol. 8, pp. e51237. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 13.
DOI:	10.2196/51237
Abstrakt:	Background: During the pandemic in Peru, the COVIDA (Collaboration Network of Volunteer Brigade Members for the Investigation, Detection, and Primary Management of Community Cases Affected by COVID-19) project proposed an innovative way to provide telemonitoring and teleorientation to COVID-19 patients, led by health care student volunteers. However, it has not been described how this interaction is perceived from the patient's perspective and which factors increase their engagement with this service. Objective: The aim of this study is to describe the perceptions of patients about COVIDA and identify factors associated with their engagement with this service. Methods: A mixed methods study was conducted to evaluate perceptions of patients that participated in the COVIDA project. This telehealth intervention organized by the National University of San Marcos was implemented in Peru from August to December 2020. The service involved daily phone calls by volunteer students to monitor registered COVID-19 patients until the completion of the 14th day of the illness or if a warning sign was identified. The volunteers also provided teleorientation to address the patients' needs and concerns. Quantitative analysis was performed to describe the characteristics of the patients and to assess the factors related to their engagement with the service, which was defined by the percentage of participants who completed the follow-up according to their individual schedule. Qualitative analysis through semistructured interviews evaluated the patients' perceptions of the service regarding the aspects of communication, interaction, and technology. Results: Of the 770 patients enrolled in COVIDA, 422 (55.7%) were female; the median age was 39 (IQR 28-52) years. During the monitoring, 380 patients (49.4%) developed symptoms, and 471 (61.2%) showed warning signs of COVID-19. The overall median for engagement was 93% (IQR 35.7%-100%). Among those patients who did not develop warning signs, engagement was associated with the presence of symptoms (OR 3.04, 95% CI 2.22-4.17), a positive COVID-19 test at the start of follow-up (OR 1.97, 95% CI 1.48-2.61), and the presence of comorbidities (OR 1.83, 95% CI 1.29-2.59). Patients reported that the volunteers provided clear and valuable information and emotional support. Communication via phone calls took place smoothly and without interruptions. Conclusions: COVIDA represents a well-accepted and well-perceived alternative model for student volunteers to provide telemonitoring, teleorientation, and emotional support to patients with COVID-19 in the context of overwhelmed demand for health care services. The deployment of this kind of intervention should be prioritized among patients with symptoms and comorbidities, as they show more engagement with these services. (©Stefan Escobar-Agreda, Javier Silva-Valencia, Percy Soto-Becerra, C Mahony Reategui-Rivera, Kelly De la Cruz-Torralva, Max Chahuara-Rojas, Bruno Hernandez-Iriarte, Daniel Hector Espinoza-Herrera, Carlos Alberto Delgado, Silvana Matassini, Javier Vargas-Herrera, Leonardo Rojas-Mezarina. Originally published in JMIR Formative Research (https://formative.jmir.org), 13.09.2024.)
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