Telemedicine for head and neck ambulatory visits during COVID-19 : Evaluating usability and patient satisfaction

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BACKGROUND: In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a rapid increase in telemedicine visits. Otolaryngology patient satisfaction with these visits has not yet been extensively studied using a validated survey.

METHODS: All patients who had telemedicine visits with three head and neck surgeons, by phone or video-based platform, between March 25, 2020 and April 24, 2020. Retrospective chart reviews were conducted to determine demographic, disease, and treatment information. Patients who had a video visit were contacted by telephone and, if they could be reached and consented, were administered the telehealth usability questionnaire (TUQ).

RESULTS: Hundred surveys were completed. The average score across all questions was 6.01 on a scale from 1 to 7, where 7 indicated the highest level of patient agreement. The highest scores were for questions related to satisfaction with telehealth (6.29), while the lowest were related to reliability (4.86).

CONCLUSIONS: Patients are generally highly satisfied with telemedicine.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:42

Enthalten in:

Head & neck - 42(2020), 7 vom: 17. Juli, Seite 1681-1689

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Layfield, Eleanor [VerfasserIn]
Triantafillou, Vasiliki [VerfasserIn]
Prasad, Aman [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Shanti, Rabie M [VerfasserIn]
Newman, Jason G [VerfasserIn]
Rajasekaran, Karthik [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Journal Article
Patient satisfaction
Telehealth
Telehealth usability questionnaire
Telemedicine

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Date Completed 20.07.2020

Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/hed.26285

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310566630