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Current Status of Telemedicine for Parkinson’s Disease in Japan: A Single-Center Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Survey

OBJECTIVE: Using telemedicine is a way to improve the accessibility of specialists for patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD); however, it is not widely used in Japan. We investigated the efficacy of telemedicine in PD by using a single-center cross-sectional questionnaire survey. METHODS: We sent a...

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Autores principales: Ogawa, Mayuko, Oyama, Genko, Sekimoto, Satoko, Hatano, Taku, Hattori, Nobutaka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Movement Disorder Society 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8820888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34937160
http://dx.doi.org/10.14802/jmd.21096
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author Ogawa, Mayuko
Oyama, Genko
Sekimoto, Satoko
Hatano, Taku
Hattori, Nobutaka
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Sekimoto, Satoko
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description OBJECTIVE: Using telemedicine is a way to improve the accessibility of specialists for patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD); however, it is not widely used in Japan. We investigated the efficacy of telemedicine in PD by using a single-center cross-sectional questionnaire survey. METHODS: We sent a questionnaire to patients who agreed to participate from among 52 patients with PD who had used telemedicine services at Juntendo University Hospital from October 2017 to November 2018. Caregivers were asked to respond to one question separately. RESULTS: A total of 38 patients responded to the questionnaire. Most patients were satisfied with the telemedicine consultation (7.8 ± 1.9), reporting that it was effective in reducing their travel burden. Twenty-one patients attended a telemedicine consultation with their caregivers, and their satisfaction was high (8.4 ± 1.8). CONCLUSION: In a specific cohort in Japan, patients with PD and their caregivers were mostly satisfied with the telemedicine service.
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spelling pubmed-88208882022-02-18 Current Status of Telemedicine for Parkinson’s Disease in Japan: A Single-Center Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Survey Ogawa, Mayuko Oyama, Genko Sekimoto, Satoko Hatano, Taku Hattori, Nobutaka J Mov Disord Brief Communication OBJECTIVE: Using telemedicine is a way to improve the accessibility of specialists for patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD); however, it is not widely used in Japan. We investigated the efficacy of telemedicine in PD by using a single-center cross-sectional questionnaire survey. METHODS: We sent a questionnaire to patients who agreed to participate from among 52 patients with PD who had used telemedicine services at Juntendo University Hospital from October 2017 to November 2018. Caregivers were asked to respond to one question separately. RESULTS: A total of 38 patients responded to the questionnaire. Most patients were satisfied with the telemedicine consultation (7.8 ± 1.9), reporting that it was effective in reducing their travel burden. Twenty-one patients attended a telemedicine consultation with their caregivers, and their satisfaction was high (8.4 ± 1.8). CONCLUSION: In a specific cohort in Japan, patients with PD and their caregivers were mostly satisfied with the telemedicine service. The Korean Movement Disorder Society 2022-01 2021-12-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8820888/ /pubmed/34937160 http://dx.doi.org/10.14802/jmd.21096 Text en Copyright © 2022 The Korean Movement Disorder Society https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ogawa, Mayuko
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Sekimoto, Satoko
Hatano, Taku
Hattori, Nobutaka
Current Status of Telemedicine for Parkinson’s Disease in Japan: A Single-Center Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Survey
title Current Status of Telemedicine for Parkinson’s Disease in Japan: A Single-Center Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Survey
title_full Current Status of Telemedicine for Parkinson’s Disease in Japan: A Single-Center Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Survey
title_fullStr Current Status of Telemedicine for Parkinson’s Disease in Japan: A Single-Center Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Survey
title_full_unstemmed Current Status of Telemedicine for Parkinson’s Disease in Japan: A Single-Center Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Survey
title_short Current Status of Telemedicine for Parkinson’s Disease in Japan: A Single-Center Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Survey
title_sort current status of telemedicine for parkinson’s disease in japan: a single-center cross-sectional questionnaire survey
topic Brief Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8820888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34937160
http://dx.doi.org/10.14802/jmd.21096
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