Parents welcome follow-up using mobile devices: A survey of acceptability at an Australian tertiary paediatric centre
| Autor: | Britta S. von Ungern-Sternberg, Harry E. Smallbone, Thomas F. E. Drake-Brockman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Resource (biology)
business.industry Mobile apps 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine medicine.disease Clinical Practice 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Medical emergency business Mobile device |
| Zdroj: | Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. 47:189-192 |
| ISSN: | 1448-0271 0310-057X |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0310057x19839941 |
| Popis: | Follow-up for ongoing management and monitoring of patients is important in clinical practice and research. While common, telephone follow-up is resource intensive and, in our experience, yields low success rates. Electronic communication using mobile devices including smartphones and tablets can provide efficient alternatives — including SMS (text), online forms and mobile apps. To assess attitudes towards electronic follow-up, we surveyed 642 parents and carers at Perth Children’s Hospital, targeting demographics, device ownership and attitudes towards electronic follow-up. Mobile phone ownership was effectively universal. Almost all respondents were happy to communicate electronically with the hospital. Promisingly, 93.2% of respondents were happy to receive follow-up SMSs from the hospital and 80.3% were happy to reply to SMS questions. There was less enthusiasm regarding other modalities, with 59.9% happy to use a website and 69.0% happy to use a mobile app. The results support the introduction of electronic communication for follow-up in our paediatric population. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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