Table 3 Attitude towards telemedicine and perceived advantages
From: What drives attitude towards telemedicine among families of pediatric patients? A survey
None/A bit | Sufficient | Moderate/Much | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Attitude towards telemedicine - perceived usefulness of: | ||||||
An app allowing communication with other parents of children | 124 | 18 | 167 | 25 | 389 | 57 |
A diary for recording the child’s health status | 67 | 9 | 122 | 17 | 541 | 74 |
An app for scheduling medical visits | 15 | 2 | 62 | 8 | 663 | 90 |
A service for televisits | 147 | 20 | 137 | 19 | 452 | 61 |
A telemonitoring service | 98 | 13 | 117 | 16 | 513 | 70 |
A service for transmitting telemonitoring data to the doctor | 56 | 8 | 95 | 13 | 589 | 80 |
A service for consulting a doctor in case of emergency | 22 | 297 | 52 | 7 | 669 | 90 |
Reminders for medical visits | 28 | 4 | 77 | 10 | 637 | 86 |
A service providing transmission of health data from the hospital | 16 | 2 | 38 | 5 | 689 | 93 |
Reminders for therapy | 110 | 15 | 107 | 15 | 519 | 71 |
A newsletter on health promotion | 38 | 5 | 64 | 9 | 639 | 86 |
Perceived advantages of telemedicine | ||||||
Time saving | 21 | 3 | 68 | 9 | 645 | 88 |
Cost saving | 29 | 4 | 81 | 11 | 622 | 85 |
Empowerment of patients | 60 | 8 | 121 | 17 | 545 | 75 |
Empowerment of families | 54 | 7 | 125 | 17 | 551 | 75 |