Exploring community members' perceptions to adopt a Tele-COPD program in rural counties

Background: Patients diagnosed with COPD residing in rural areas report a lower quality of life. Telehealth addresses geographic barriers by offering routine, technology-based visits, and remote patient monitoring. Objective: The study objective was to explore adoption perceptions of a tele-COPD pro...

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Autores principales:	Dayna S. Alexander, Stephanie Kiser, Steve North, Courtney A. Roberts, Delesha M. Carpenter
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Rural Health Telehealth Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Community Health Pharmacists Pharmacy and materia medica RS1-441
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6758aa3492064e6793185de55aa3961c2021-11-04T04:44:58ZExploring community members' perceptions to adopt a Tele-COPD program in rural counties2667-276610.1016/j.rcsop.2021.100023https://doaj.org/article/6758aa3492064e6793185de55aa3961c2021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667276621000238https://doaj.org/toc/2667-2766Background: Patients diagnosed with COPD residing in rural areas report a lower quality of life. Telehealth addresses geographic barriers by offering routine, technology-based visits, and remote patient monitoring. Objective: The study objective was to explore adoption perceptions of a tele-COPD program among community members in rural Western North Carolina (WNC) counties. Methods: A convenience sample of 17 community members were recruited to participate in one of five 45-min focus groups. Before the focus group, all participants completed a brief demographic survey. Focus groups were digitally recorded, transcribed verbatim, imported into MAXQDA v10, and analyzed thematically using established qualitative coding procedures. SPSS v22 was used to calculate descriptive statistics. Results: Participants were primarily Non-Hispanic White (100%), male (59%), insured (100%), and had at least a high school education (80%). Only 25% of participants had any prior knowledge of telehealth programs. The majority (94%) of participants expressed interest in receiving a tele-COPD program due to convenience factors. Yet, most participants expressed a lack of interest and comfort in using Internet-capable devices (e.g., mobile devices, tablets, computers). Participants noted that to be successful, telehealth visits must be described and shown to them by their own provider or other trusted individual(s), such as a pharmacist. Privacy and cost were also expressed as telehealth concerns. Conclusion: Interest in a tele-COPD program was high among community residents in rural WNC. However, to increase patient willingness to adopt a tele-COPD program, patients' providers must overcome challenges, such as patients' awareness and knowledge of telehealth, privacy and cost concerns, and access to and comfort with using new technologies. Pharmacists may mitigate these challenges by increasing patients' trust and comfort with telehealth programs.Dayna S. AlexanderStephanie KiserSteve NorthCourtney A. RobertsDelesha M. CarpenterElsevierarticleRural HealthTelehealthChronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseCommunity HealthPharmacistsPharmacy and materia medicaRS1-441ENExploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, Vol 2, Iss , Pp 100023- (2021)
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topic	Rural Health Telehealth Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Community Health Pharmacists Pharmacy and materia medica RS1-441
spellingShingle	Rural Health Telehealth Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Community Health Pharmacists Pharmacy and materia medica RS1-441 Dayna S. Alexander Stephanie Kiser Steve North Courtney A. Roberts Delesha M. Carpenter Exploring community members' perceptions to adopt a Tele-COPD program in rural counties
description	Background: Patients diagnosed with COPD residing in rural areas report a lower quality of life. Telehealth addresses geographic barriers by offering routine, technology-based visits, and remote patient monitoring. Objective: The study objective was to explore adoption perceptions of a tele-COPD program among community members in rural Western North Carolina (WNC) counties. Methods: A convenience sample of 17 community members were recruited to participate in one of five 45-min focus groups. Before the focus group, all participants completed a brief demographic survey. Focus groups were digitally recorded, transcribed verbatim, imported into MAXQDA v10, and analyzed thematically using established qualitative coding procedures. SPSS v22 was used to calculate descriptive statistics. Results: Participants were primarily Non-Hispanic White (100%), male (59%), insured (100%), and had at least a high school education (80%). Only 25% of participants had any prior knowledge of telehealth programs. The majority (94%) of participants expressed interest in receiving a tele-COPD program due to convenience factors. Yet, most participants expressed a lack of interest and comfort in using Internet-capable devices (e.g., mobile devices, tablets, computers). Participants noted that to be successful, telehealth visits must be described and shown to them by their own provider or other trusted individual(s), such as a pharmacist. Privacy and cost were also expressed as telehealth concerns. Conclusion: Interest in a tele-COPD program was high among community residents in rural WNC. However, to increase patient willingness to adopt a tele-COPD program, patients' providers must overcome challenges, such as patients' awareness and knowledge of telehealth, privacy and cost concerns, and access to and comfort with using new technologies. Pharmacists may mitigate these challenges by increasing patients' trust and comfort with telehealth programs.
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title	Exploring community members' perceptions to adopt a Tele-COPD program in rural counties
title_short	Exploring community members' perceptions to adopt a Tele-COPD program in rural counties
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Exploring community members' perceptions to adopt a Tele-COPD program in rural counties

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