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| العنوان: |
Exploring Ophthalmologists' Adoption of Telemedicine during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Study. |
| المؤلفون: |
Mercer, Gareth D., He, Bonnie, Levin, Leonard A. |
| المصدر: |
Ophthalmic Epidemiology; Dec2022, Vol. 29 Issue 6, p595-603, 9p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
TELEMEDICINE, COVID-19 pandemic, OPHTHALMOLOGISTS, HIERARCHICAL clustering (Cluster analysis), CLUSTER analysis (Statistics) |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
CANADA |
| مستخلص: |
The COVID-19 pandemic promoted hitherto unseen uptake of telemedicine by ophthalmologists. We performed a mixed methods study to explore patters of utilization during the pandemic and perceived future utility. Ophthalmologists practicing in Canada between March and July 2020 were invited to complete an online questionnaire assessing demographics, clinical practice characteristics and telemedicine utilization prior to and during the pandemic. Descriptive and bivariate statistics were used to analyze the data. Agglomerative hierarchical cluster analysis was used to identify groups who varied on the types of visits offered using telemedicine. Ten one-on-one interviews were conducted and analyzed using thematic content analysis to explain trends observed in the survey data. Seventy-three ophthalmologists completed the survey. Six percent reported using telemedicine prior to the pandemic compared to 80% during the pandemic. A significant majority (81%) primarily used the telephone for telemedicine visits. Overall, visit volumes during the pandemic declined to 40% of pre-pandemic levels, with a smaller decline for ophthalmologists who used telemedicine than those who did not. Those who used telemedicine for all visit types were more likely to use telemedicine software and to anticipate a modest-to-large role for telemedicine in their future practice. For many ophthalmologists, integrating telemedicine into clinical practice may have partially offset the disruption to normal clinical activities during the pandemic. While the majority saw telemedicine as a temporary solution, a sizeable minority appear to have made considerable use of the technology and see an ongoing role for it once regular clinical activities resume. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| قاعدة البيانات: |
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