Patient Satisfaction Toward a Tele-Retinal Screening Program in Endocrinology Clinics at a Tertiary Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Purpose: Tele-retinal screening programs use a nonmydriatic camera for retinal imaging. These images are reviewed by ophthalmologists, for interpretation and planning of appropriate treatment and follow up. Patient satisfaction is a critical tool to assess the quality of healthcare delivery and to r...

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Autores principales: Alhumud, Atheer, Al Adel, Fadwa, Alwazae, Manal, Althaqib, Ghadeer, Almutairi, Atheer
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Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7273468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32523842
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7986
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author Alhumud, Atheer
Al Adel, Fadwa
Alwazae, Manal
Althaqib, Ghadeer
Almutairi, Atheer
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Al Adel, Fadwa
Alwazae, Manal
Althaqib, Ghadeer
Almutairi, Atheer
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description Purpose: Tele-retinal screening programs use a nonmydriatic camera for retinal imaging. These images are reviewed by ophthalmologists, for interpretation and planning of appropriate treatment and follow up. Patient satisfaction is a critical tool to assess the quality of healthcare delivery and to reframe the current screening programs. The aim of this study is to measure satisfaction toward a tele-retinal screening program among diabetics attending endocrinology clinics at a tertiary hospital in Riyadh.  Methods: This is a cross-sectional study that included a total of 163 patients recruited while attending tele-retinal screening at King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital in Riyadh, during the period between May and August 2019. A self-administrated Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire PSQ18 was used which included demographic data, diabetes history, and seven domains of satisfaction that were measured.  Results: Some 54% of the respondents were male. The average age was 44.8 years. Some 49.7% had type 2 diabetes. The mean duration of diabetes was 15.3 years. The overall satisfaction level was 80.4%. The highest satisfaction rate was in the interpersonal manner (mean 4.45) while the lowest was in accessibility to an ophthalmologist when a referral was needed (mean 3.01). Some 60% of the participants were concerned it might take a long time to be referred to an ophthalmologist when it is needed. Some 90.1% found it easier to have diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening during routine diabetes follow up. Some 23.9% did not like the idea of only seeing the ophthalmologist when it is necessary and only 9.8% had some doubts of the doctor’s ability to diagnose DR by evaluating retina photos only. No significant association was found between patient’s satisfaction and demographic background or diabetes history. Conclusion: Patients were found to be highly satisfied with tele-retinal screening program. Mostly the reason of dissatisfaction was found in accessibility to an ophthalmologist when a referral was needed. Therefore, it is important to reassure patients that timely referral for effective intervention is performed and part of the screening policies.
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spelling pubmed-72734682020-06-09 Patient Satisfaction Toward a Tele-Retinal Screening Program in Endocrinology Clinics at a Tertiary Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Alhumud, Atheer Al Adel, Fadwa Alwazae, Manal Althaqib, Ghadeer Almutairi, Atheer Cureus Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism Purpose: Tele-retinal screening programs use a nonmydriatic camera for retinal imaging. These images are reviewed by ophthalmologists, for interpretation and planning of appropriate treatment and follow up. Patient satisfaction is a critical tool to assess the quality of healthcare delivery and to reframe the current screening programs. The aim of this study is to measure satisfaction toward a tele-retinal screening program among diabetics attending endocrinology clinics at a tertiary hospital in Riyadh.  Methods: This is a cross-sectional study that included a total of 163 patients recruited while attending tele-retinal screening at King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital in Riyadh, during the period between May and August 2019. A self-administrated Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire PSQ18 was used which included demographic data, diabetes history, and seven domains of satisfaction that were measured.  Results: Some 54% of the respondents were male. The average age was 44.8 years. Some 49.7% had type 2 diabetes. The mean duration of diabetes was 15.3 years. The overall satisfaction level was 80.4%. The highest satisfaction rate was in the interpersonal manner (mean 4.45) while the lowest was in accessibility to an ophthalmologist when a referral was needed (mean 3.01). Some 60% of the participants were concerned it might take a long time to be referred to an ophthalmologist when it is needed. Some 90.1% found it easier to have diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening during routine diabetes follow up. Some 23.9% did not like the idea of only seeing the ophthalmologist when it is necessary and only 9.8% had some doubts of the doctor’s ability to diagnose DR by evaluating retina photos only. No significant association was found between patient’s satisfaction and demographic background or diabetes history. Conclusion: Patients were found to be highly satisfied with tele-retinal screening program. Mostly the reason of dissatisfaction was found in accessibility to an ophthalmologist when a referral was needed. Therefore, it is important to reassure patients that timely referral for effective intervention is performed and part of the screening policies. Cureus 2020-05-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7273468/ /pubmed/32523842 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7986 Text en Copyright © 2020, Alhumud et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
Alhumud, Atheer
Al Adel, Fadwa
Alwazae, Manal
Althaqib, Ghadeer
Almutairi, Atheer
Patient Satisfaction Toward a Tele-Retinal Screening Program in Endocrinology Clinics at a Tertiary Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
title Patient Satisfaction Toward a Tele-Retinal Screening Program in Endocrinology Clinics at a Tertiary Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
title_full Patient Satisfaction Toward a Tele-Retinal Screening Program in Endocrinology Clinics at a Tertiary Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr Patient Satisfaction Toward a Tele-Retinal Screening Program in Endocrinology Clinics at a Tertiary Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed Patient Satisfaction Toward a Tele-Retinal Screening Program in Endocrinology Clinics at a Tertiary Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
title_short Patient Satisfaction Toward a Tele-Retinal Screening Program in Endocrinology Clinics at a Tertiary Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
title_sort patient satisfaction toward a tele-retinal screening program in endocrinology clinics at a tertiary hospital in riyadh, saudi arabia
topic Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7273468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32523842
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7986
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