Perception of the Health-care Providers toward Telemedicine Practice: A Cross-sectional Study from Karnataka, India

Autor: Shubha Bakkappa Davalagi, Eshwar S. Kasturi, P Vaman Nayak, Anisha Ghose
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: APIK Journal of Internal Medicine, Vol 12, Iss 4, Pp 224-227 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2666-1802
2666-1810
DOI: 10.4103/ajim.ajim_66_23
Popis: Introduction: The major advantages of telemedicine can be saving time, cost, and effort, especially for rural patients, during challenging times such as COVID for obtaining consultation and treatment. Telemedicine, if properly implemented, can reduce gaps and strengthen the health-care delivery system in India. Objective: The objective of the study was to assess the perception and practice of health-care providers toward telemedicine. Methodology: We conducted a cross-sectional study among 141 health-care providers who ever practiced telemedicine consultation. Utilizing online Google Forms, we used snowball sampling. Four sections made up the pretested study questionnaire: demographic information, perceptions, and practices. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21 was used for data analysis. Results: Among them, majority were aged between 35 and 44 years (49.6%), males (56%), had M.D./M.S. degree (57.4%), postgraduates (33.3%), worked in private sector (56.7%), and were from clinical specialty (80.8%) We had majority health-care workers who used telemedicine application for the first time after COVID (80.1%), used only mobile (82.2%), used only one application (83.6%), and gave 5–10 consultations per day (57.4%). Most of our study participants feel teleconsultation takes less time (61.7%), reduces waiting list at medical center (92.9%), has better communication (83.6%), gives better aid during emergency (53.9%), and saves money on transportation (97.1%). Conclusion: In this study, we could conclude that most participants started practicing telemedicine post-COVID. Health-care professionals still feel challenging to provide effective patient counseling through telemedicine; moreover, they are benefitted from telemedicine practice.
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