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The integration of mHealth technologies in telemedicine during the COVID-19 era: A cross-sectional study
Telemedicine is a rapidly expanding field of medicine and an alternative method for delivering quality medical care to patients’ fingertips. With the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increase in the use of telemedicine to connect patients and healthcare providers, which has been made possible by...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8870491/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35202424 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264436 |
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author | Taha, Abdul Rahman Shehadeh, Mustafa Alshehhi, Ali Altamimi, Tariq Housser, Emma Simsekler, Mecit Can Emre Alfalasi, Buthaina Al Memari, Shammah Al Hosani, Farida Al Zaabi, Yousif Almazroui, Shereena Alhashemi, Hamed Alhajri, Noora |
author_facet | Taha, Abdul Rahman Shehadeh, Mustafa Alshehhi, Ali Altamimi, Tariq Housser, Emma Simsekler, Mecit Can Emre Alfalasi, Buthaina Al Memari, Shammah Al Hosani, Farida Al Zaabi, Yousif Almazroui, Shereena Alhashemi, Hamed Alhajri, Noora |
author_sort | Taha, Abdul Rahman |
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description | Telemedicine is a rapidly expanding field of medicine and an alternative method for delivering quality medical care to patients’ fingertips. With the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increase in the use of telemedicine to connect patients and healthcare providers, which has been made possible by mobile health (mHealth) applications. The goal of this study was to compare the satisfaction of patients with telemedicine among mHealth users and non-users. This was a survey-based study that included outpatients from Abu Dhabi. The association between patient satisfaction with telemedicine and use of mHealth technologies was described using regression models. This study included a total of 515 completed responses. The use of mHealth application was significantly associated with ease of booking telemedicine appointments (OR 2.61, 95% CI 1.63–4.18; P < .001), perception of similarity of quality of care between telemedicine consultations and in-person visits (OR 1.81, 95% CI 1.26–2.61; P = .001), and preference for using telemedicine applications over in-person visits during the COVID-19 pandemic (OR 1.74, 95% CI 1.12–2.72; P = .015). Our study results support that the use of mHealth applications is associated with increased patient satisfaction with telemedicine appointments. |
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spelling | pubmed-88704912022-02-25 The integration of mHealth technologies in telemedicine during the COVID-19 era: A cross-sectional study Taha, Abdul Rahman Shehadeh, Mustafa Alshehhi, Ali Altamimi, Tariq Housser, Emma Simsekler, Mecit Can Emre Alfalasi, Buthaina Al Memari, Shammah Al Hosani, Farida Al Zaabi, Yousif Almazroui, Shereena Alhashemi, Hamed Alhajri, Noora PLoS One Research Article Telemedicine is a rapidly expanding field of medicine and an alternative method for delivering quality medical care to patients’ fingertips. With the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increase in the use of telemedicine to connect patients and healthcare providers, which has been made possible by mobile health (mHealth) applications. The goal of this study was to compare the satisfaction of patients with telemedicine among mHealth users and non-users. This was a survey-based study that included outpatients from Abu Dhabi. The association between patient satisfaction with telemedicine and use of mHealth technologies was described using regression models. This study included a total of 515 completed responses. The use of mHealth application was significantly associated with ease of booking telemedicine appointments (OR 2.61, 95% CI 1.63–4.18; P < .001), perception of similarity of quality of care between telemedicine consultations and in-person visits (OR 1.81, 95% CI 1.26–2.61; P = .001), and preference for using telemedicine applications over in-person visits during the COVID-19 pandemic (OR 1.74, 95% CI 1.12–2.72; P = .015). Our study results support that the use of mHealth applications is associated with increased patient satisfaction with telemedicine appointments. Public Library of Science 2022-02-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8870491/ /pubmed/35202424 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264436 Text en © 2022 Taha et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Taha, Abdul Rahman Shehadeh, Mustafa Alshehhi, Ali Altamimi, Tariq Housser, Emma Simsekler, Mecit Can Emre Alfalasi, Buthaina Al Memari, Shammah Al Hosani, Farida Al Zaabi, Yousif Almazroui, Shereena Alhashemi, Hamed Alhajri, Noora The integration of mHealth technologies in telemedicine during the COVID-19 era: A cross-sectional study |
title | The integration of mHealth technologies in telemedicine during the COVID-19 era: A cross-sectional study |
title_full | The integration of mHealth technologies in telemedicine during the COVID-19 era: A cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | The integration of mHealth technologies in telemedicine during the COVID-19 era: A cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | The integration of mHealth technologies in telemedicine during the COVID-19 era: A cross-sectional study |
title_short | The integration of mHealth technologies in telemedicine during the COVID-19 era: A cross-sectional study |
title_sort | integration of mhealth technologies in telemedicine during the covid-19 era: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8870491/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35202424 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264436 |
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