| Autor: |
Mohammedjud Hassen Ahmed, Shekur Mohammed Awol, Shuma Gosha Kanfe, Samuel Hailegebreal, Gebiso Roba Debele, Geleta Nenko Dube, Habtamu Alganeh Guadie, Habtamu Setegn Ngusie, Jorn Klein |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
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| Zdroj: |
Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, Vol 27, Iss , Pp 100783- (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2352-9148 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.imu.2021.100783 |
| Popis: |
Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has prompted rapid restructuring of the health-care system in an effort to stop the spread of the pandemic. Thus, telemedicine is more preferable in order to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic when face to face meeting is forbidden, allowing provision of health service over a distance. This study aimed to assess willingness to use telemedicine and factors that will determine their extent of willingness during COIVID-19 among healthcare providers working in south west of Ethiopia. Methods: Institutional based cross-sectional study design was applied to assess willingness to use telemedicine among healthcare providers working at public health hospitals in south west of Ethiopia. Self-administered questionnaires were used. We have used Epi-info for data entry and Analysis of Moment Structure (AMOS) for analysis. A structural equation modeling was performed to identify factors associated with willingness to use telemedicine at 95% confidence interval (CI). Result: In this study, less than half of respondents had high willingness to use telemedicine. Ease of use (β = 0.79, 95% CI: [0.72, 0.86], p |
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