Telemedicine Versus Traditional In-Person Consultations : Comparison of Patient Satisfaction Rates
Introduction: Data on patient satisfaction with the provision of genetic consultations using telemedicine are limited, especially those involving children. We compared patient satisfaction rates with telemedicine services versus traditional in-person encounters. Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted between January and June 2020. Questionnaires were distributed online to 1,672 consecutive patients who had received genetic counseling at our Genetics Institute in the clinical fields of adult and pediatric genetics, oncogenetics, and prenatal genetics, through in-person and/or telemedicine consultation. We used Likert scale with scores of 4-5 representing "satisfied"-"very satisfied" and 1-2 representing "very unsatisfied"-"unsatisfied." Results: The response rate was 27.3% (400 adults and 57 children <18 years), including 330 who had received in-person consultations (72.2%), 80 telemedicine consultations (17.5%), and 47 both consultations (10.3%). Mean satisfactory scores of 4-5 were reported by 82.1% in the in-person group versus 82.5% in the telemedicine group (p = 0.88). Mean scores of 1-2 were reported by 6.3% in the in-person group versus 11.2% in the telemedicine group (p = 0.31). No pediatric telemedicine group patient (n 12 = ) gave scores of 1-2 compared with 2/33 (6%) patients who had in-person pediatric consultations (p = 0.62). Most responders who had been counseled through telemedicine (n = 127, 84%) indicated willingness to use genetic services through telemedicine again. Conclusions: Users of genetic counseling through telemedicine, especially in the pediatric age group, were very satisfied at rates comparable to those of in-person consultations. Future research should evaluate patient compliance and views according to session type, information provided (e.g., diagnostic vs. negative results), and its nature (good vs. bad news).
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30 |
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Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association - 30(2024), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 1013-1019 |
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Hamiel, Uri [VerfasserIn] |
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Date Completed 16.04.2024 Date Revised 16.04.2024 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
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| 520 | |a Introduction: Data on patient satisfaction with the provision of genetic consultations using telemedicine are limited, especially those involving children. We compared patient satisfaction rates with telemedicine services versus traditional in-person encounters. Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted between January and June 2020. Questionnaires were distributed online to 1,672 consecutive patients who had received genetic counseling at our Genetics Institute in the clinical fields of adult and pediatric genetics, oncogenetics, and prenatal genetics, through in-person and/or telemedicine consultation. We used Likert scale with scores of 4-5 representing "satisfied"-"very satisfied" and 1-2 representing "very unsatisfied"-"unsatisfied." Results: The response rate was 27.3% (400 adults and 57 children <18 years), including 330 who had received in-person consultations (72.2%), 80 telemedicine consultations (17.5%), and 47 both consultations (10.3%). Mean satisfactory scores of 4-5 were reported by 82.1% in the in-person group versus 82.5% in the telemedicine group (p = 0.88). Mean scores of 1-2 were reported by 6.3% in the in-person group versus 11.2% in the telemedicine group (p = 0.31). No pediatric telemedicine group patient (n 12 = ) gave scores of 1-2 compared with 2/33 (6%) patients who had in-person pediatric consultations (p = 0.62). Most responders who had been counseled through telemedicine (n = 127, 84%) indicated willingness to use genetic services through telemedicine again. Conclusions: Users of genetic counseling through telemedicine, especially in the pediatric age group, were very satisfied at rates comparable to those of in-person consultations. Future research should evaluate patient compliance and views according to session type, information provided (e.g., diagnostic vs. negative results), and its nature (good vs. bad news) | ||
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