远程医疗的使用和前列腺癌幸存者的看法
Luke W Chen1, Deborah S Usinger2, Aaron J Katz1,3
1Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Kansas Cancer Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.
Cancer medicine
|July 17, 2023
概括
在癌症幸存者中,远程医疗的使用率很低,特别是那些教育程度较低的人. 较低的教育水平与远程医疗的采用率和未来使用可能性的减少有关,这表明数字医疗接入的差异.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 数字健康数字健康
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
背景情况:
- 了解癌症幸存者在远程医疗利用方面的差异至关重要.
- 随着COVID-19的流行,远程医疗服务的采用加速了.
研究的目的:
- 调查前列腺癌幸存者对远程医疗的使用和看法.
- 确定与远程医疗差异相关的社会经济因素.
主要方法:
- 一项调查对487名前列腺癌幸存者进行了调查.
- 收集的数据包括远程医疗使用,感知和人口统计信息.
主要成果:
- 只有28.5%的幸存者使用远程医疗服务,10%的人认为它与亲自护理相当.
- 超过55%的人认为远程医疗适合初次咨询或基本护理.
- 低学历 (≤高中) 的幸存者使用远程医疗使用率略低 (RR,0.65),未来使用可能性降低 (RR,0.39).
结论:
- 教育水平是影响远程医疗采用和癌症幸存者对远程医疗的看法的一个重要因素.
- 解决教育差异是改善公平获得远程医疗服务的关键.
- 结果为有针对性的干预提供了洞察力,以减少癌症护理中的远程医疗差异.
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