描述远程医疗障碍和偏好,以促进乌干达中部可接受的实施战略:多层次的形成性评估
Michael Kizito1, Erina Nabunjo Mugabi2, Sabrina Ford3
1Department of Computer Science, Makerere University Kampala, Kampala, Uganda.
JMIR formative research
|January 26, 2025
概括
乌干达的远程医疗采用显示出希望,提供者报告了有利的看法. 然而,患者的舒适性和技术访问仍然是撒哈拉以南非洲地区有效实施远程医疗的关键障碍.
科学领域:
- 医疗信息学 医疗信息学
- 数字健康数字健康
- 获得医疗保健 获得医疗保健 获得医疗保健
背景情况:
- 远程医疗为资源有限的环境中医疗保健接入障碍提供解决方案.
- 非洲有限的远程医疗采用源于缺乏了解有效的实施策略.
研究的目的:
- 评估乌干达中部医疗保健提供者和患者之间的远程医疗实施障碍和促进因素.
- 为在撒哈拉以南非洲成功采用远程医疗的战略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 调查收集了乌干达中部61名提供者和91名患者 (2022年1月至7月) 的远程医疗感知,障碍和偏好数据.
- 技术接受模型指导了调查开发,评估感知到的有用性,易用性和态度.
- 描述性统计和t测试分析了基于提供者和患者特征的远程医疗认知和差异.
主要成果:
- 79%的提供者使用过远程医疗,对远程医疗的看法普遍好;93.4%的人看到了价值,但只有49.2%的人认为它更有效.
- 提供者报告的障碍包括患者技术挑战 (26%),患者参与度低 (19%) 和缺乏支持 (18%).
- 只有19.8%的患者使用过远程医疗;89%的患者表示节省了时间,但33.3%的患者感到不舒服,43.8%的患者担心隐私问题.
结论:
- 远程医疗的看法是有利的,特别是在提供者之间,但需要解决技术和舒适度等患者障碍.
- 解决技术挑战,基础设施和实施支持对于广泛采用远程医疗至关重要.
- 结果可以指导可接受的远程医疗解决方案的实施,以克服撒哈拉以南非洲的医疗保健准入差异.
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