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Knowledge, Applicability, and Barriers of Telemedicine in Egypt: A National Survey
OBJECTIVES: The study is aimed at evaluating knowledge, attitude, and barriers to telemedicine among the general population in Egypt. METHODS: A questionnaire-based cross-sectional design was carried out among the general Egyptian population. A convenience sampling method was used to approach the el...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8192215/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34211550 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5565652 |
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author | Alboraie, Mohamed Allam, Mahmoud Abdelrashed Youssef, Naglaa Abdalgaber, Mohammad El-Raey, Fathiya Abdeen, Nermeen Mahdy, Reem Ezzat Elshaarawy, Omar Elgebaly, Ahmed Haydara, Tamer Abd-Elsalam, Sherief Nassar, Yusuf Abdullah Shabana, Hosam Zaky, Samy |
author_facet | Alboraie, Mohamed Allam, Mahmoud Abdelrashed Youssef, Naglaa Abdalgaber, Mohammad El-Raey, Fathiya Abdeen, Nermeen Mahdy, Reem Ezzat Elshaarawy, Omar Elgebaly, Ahmed Haydara, Tamer Abd-Elsalam, Sherief Nassar, Yusuf Abdullah Shabana, Hosam Zaky, Samy |
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description | OBJECTIVES: The study is aimed at evaluating knowledge, attitude, and barriers to telemedicine among the general population in Egypt. METHODS: A questionnaire-based cross-sectional design was carried out among the general Egyptian population. A convenience sampling method was used to approach the eligible participants from University Teaching Hospitals of eight governorates from May to July 2020. RESULTS: A total of 686 participants filled the questionnaire (49.4% were males, mean age 36.7 ± 11.2 years old). Half of the participants stated that they previously used a telemedicine tool, mainly to follow up laboratory results (67.3%). Video or phone calls (39.3%) and mobile applications (23.7%) were the most commonly recognized telemedicine tools by the participants. The included participants exhibited a high level of knowledge and attitude towards telemedicine. On the other hand, 21.9% stated that telemedicine services could jeopardize patient privacy. 32.8% reported that telemedicine service could lead to disclosing medical information to people who are not authorized to do so. Almost half of the participants agreed to strongly agreed that telemedicine service could increase medical errors. 60.80% of the participants said that they are more likely to prefer telemedicine than traditional ways. However, 13.70% stated that telemedicine is more likely to be challenging to use. CONCLUSION: The Egyptian population has high knowledge about the applications of telemedicine. In addition, the vast majority of Egyptians appear to perceive the benefits of telemedicine positively and are willing to use it. However, some barriers that have been found must be taken into consideration to adopt telemedicine successfully, especially for people who are old, are low educated, and live in remote areas. Future studies should address the utility of telemedicine in improving the quality of healthcare and patient's health outcome and quality of life. |
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spelling | pubmed-81922152021-06-30 Knowledge, Applicability, and Barriers of Telemedicine in Egypt: A National Survey Alboraie, Mohamed Allam, Mahmoud Abdelrashed Youssef, Naglaa Abdalgaber, Mohammad El-Raey, Fathiya Abdeen, Nermeen Mahdy, Reem Ezzat Elshaarawy, Omar Elgebaly, Ahmed Haydara, Tamer Abd-Elsalam, Sherief Nassar, Yusuf Abdullah Shabana, Hosam Zaky, Samy Int J Telemed Appl Research Article OBJECTIVES: The study is aimed at evaluating knowledge, attitude, and barriers to telemedicine among the general population in Egypt. METHODS: A questionnaire-based cross-sectional design was carried out among the general Egyptian population. A convenience sampling method was used to approach the eligible participants from University Teaching Hospitals of eight governorates from May to July 2020. RESULTS: A total of 686 participants filled the questionnaire (49.4% were males, mean age 36.7 ± 11.2 years old). Half of the participants stated that they previously used a telemedicine tool, mainly to follow up laboratory results (67.3%). Video or phone calls (39.3%) and mobile applications (23.7%) were the most commonly recognized telemedicine tools by the participants. The included participants exhibited a high level of knowledge and attitude towards telemedicine. On the other hand, 21.9% stated that telemedicine services could jeopardize patient privacy. 32.8% reported that telemedicine service could lead to disclosing medical information to people who are not authorized to do so. Almost half of the participants agreed to strongly agreed that telemedicine service could increase medical errors. 60.80% of the participants said that they are more likely to prefer telemedicine than traditional ways. However, 13.70% stated that telemedicine is more likely to be challenging to use. CONCLUSION: The Egyptian population has high knowledge about the applications of telemedicine. In addition, the vast majority of Egyptians appear to perceive the benefits of telemedicine positively and are willing to use it. However, some barriers that have been found must be taken into consideration to adopt telemedicine successfully, especially for people who are old, are low educated, and live in remote areas. Future studies should address the utility of telemedicine in improving the quality of healthcare and patient's health outcome and quality of life. Hindawi 2021-06-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8192215/ /pubmed/34211550 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5565652 Text en Copyright © 2021 Mohamed Alboraie et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Alboraie, Mohamed Allam, Mahmoud Abdelrashed Youssef, Naglaa Abdalgaber, Mohammad El-Raey, Fathiya Abdeen, Nermeen Mahdy, Reem Ezzat Elshaarawy, Omar Elgebaly, Ahmed Haydara, Tamer Abd-Elsalam, Sherief Nassar, Yusuf Abdullah Shabana, Hosam Zaky, Samy Knowledge, Applicability, and Barriers of Telemedicine in Egypt: A National Survey |
title | Knowledge, Applicability, and Barriers of Telemedicine in Egypt: A National Survey |
title_full | Knowledge, Applicability, and Barriers of Telemedicine in Egypt: A National Survey |
title_fullStr | Knowledge, Applicability, and Barriers of Telemedicine in Egypt: A National Survey |
title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, Applicability, and Barriers of Telemedicine in Egypt: A National Survey |
title_short | Knowledge, Applicability, and Barriers of Telemedicine in Egypt: A National Survey |
title_sort | knowledge, applicability, and barriers of telemedicine in egypt: a national survey |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8192215/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34211550 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5565652 |
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