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Use of and Satisfaction with Telemedicine Services during the Pandemic: Findings from the COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring in Germany (COSMO)

Our aim was to investigate to what extent physician visits were replaced by telemedicine services because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the satisfaction with such telemedicine services. Cross-sectional data from the “COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring in Germany” (COSMO, wave 49 from 11 to 12 August 2021 w...

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Autores principales: Hajek, André, De Bock, Freia, Merkel, Christina, Kretzler, Benedikt, König, Hans-Helmut
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8775453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35052257
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10010092
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author Hajek, André
De Bock, Freia
Merkel, Christina
Kretzler, Benedikt
König, Hans-Helmut
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Merkel, Christina
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description Our aim was to investigate to what extent physician visits were replaced by telemedicine services because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the satisfaction with such telemedicine services. Cross-sectional data from the “COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring in Germany” (COSMO, wave 49 from 11 to 12 August 2021 with n = 967). The average age was 44.9 years (SD: 15.6 years, ranging from 18 to 74 years) and 50.8% were female. Indiviuals were asked whether any physician visit was replaced by a telemedicine service (e.g., video consultation) since March 2020 because of the pandemic (yes, once; yes, several times; yes, always; no, not replaced; no, there was no need to see a doctor). Additionally, individuals who gave positive responses (i.e., yes, once; yes, several times; yes, always) were asked how satisfied they were with the corresponding telemedicine services (from 1 = very dissatisfied to 7 = very satisfied). While 55.4% of the respondents reported no need to see a doctor and 31.3% of the respondents did not replace physician visits by telemedicine services, about 13.3% of the respondents did replace physician visits by telemedicine services (4.8%: yes, once; 6.4%: yes, several times; 2.1%: yes, always). Among the individuals who used such services, the average satisfaction was moderately high (4.7, SD: 2.0). Additionally, several correlates of the replacing telemedicine service use were identified (e.g., perceived severity of a COVID-19 infection). In conclusion, about one out of seven individuals replaced physician visits by telemedicine services during the pandemic. For example, knowledge about the correlates of satisfaction with such services might be of importance to increase the quality of such services.
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spelling pubmed-87754532022-01-21 Use of and Satisfaction with Telemedicine Services during the Pandemic: Findings from the COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring in Germany (COSMO) Hajek, André De Bock, Freia Merkel, Christina Kretzler, Benedikt König, Hans-Helmut Healthcare (Basel) Article Our aim was to investigate to what extent physician visits were replaced by telemedicine services because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the satisfaction with such telemedicine services. Cross-sectional data from the “COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring in Germany” (COSMO, wave 49 from 11 to 12 August 2021 with n = 967). The average age was 44.9 years (SD: 15.6 years, ranging from 18 to 74 years) and 50.8% were female. Indiviuals were asked whether any physician visit was replaced by a telemedicine service (e.g., video consultation) since March 2020 because of the pandemic (yes, once; yes, several times; yes, always; no, not replaced; no, there was no need to see a doctor). Additionally, individuals who gave positive responses (i.e., yes, once; yes, several times; yes, always) were asked how satisfied they were with the corresponding telemedicine services (from 1 = very dissatisfied to 7 = very satisfied). While 55.4% of the respondents reported no need to see a doctor and 31.3% of the respondents did not replace physician visits by telemedicine services, about 13.3% of the respondents did replace physician visits by telemedicine services (4.8%: yes, once; 6.4%: yes, several times; 2.1%: yes, always). Among the individuals who used such services, the average satisfaction was moderately high (4.7, SD: 2.0). Additionally, several correlates of the replacing telemedicine service use were identified (e.g., perceived severity of a COVID-19 infection). In conclusion, about one out of seven individuals replaced physician visits by telemedicine services during the pandemic. For example, knowledge about the correlates of satisfaction with such services might be of importance to increase the quality of such services. MDPI 2022-01-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8775453/ /pubmed/35052257 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10010092 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_full_unstemmed Use of and Satisfaction with Telemedicine Services during the Pandemic: Findings from the COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring in Germany (COSMO)
title_short Use of and Satisfaction with Telemedicine Services during the Pandemic: Findings from the COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring in Germany (COSMO)
title_sort use of and satisfaction with telemedicine services during the pandemic: findings from the covid-19 snapshot monitoring in germany (cosmo)
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8775453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35052257
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10010092
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