Willingness to use telemedicine during COVID-19 among health professionals in a low income country

Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has prompted rapid restructuring of the health-care system in an effort to stop the spread of the pandemic. Thus, telemedicine is more preferable in order to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic when face to face meeting is forbidden, allowing provision o...

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Autores principales:	Mohammedjud Hassen Ahmed, Shekur Mohammed Awol, Shuma Gosha Kanfe, Samuel Hailegebreal, Gebiso Roba Debele, Geleta Nenko Dube, Habtamu Alganeh Guadie, Habtamu Setegn Ngusie, Jorn Klein
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Willingness COVID-19 Healthcare providers Telemedicine Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics R858-859.7
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b47207ddc30a493392b4e06c8a3543d62021-11-10T04:29:17ZWillingness to use telemedicine during COVID-19 among health professionals in a low income country2352-914810.1016/j.imu.2021.100783https://doaj.org/article/b47207ddc30a493392b4e06c8a3543d62021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352914821002549https://doaj.org/toc/2352-9148Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has prompted rapid restructuring of the health-care system in an effort to stop the spread of the pandemic. Thus, telemedicine is more preferable in order to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic when face to face meeting is forbidden, allowing provision of health service over a distance. This study aimed to assess willingness to use telemedicine and factors that will determine their extent of willingness during COIVID-19 among healthcare providers working in south west of Ethiopia. Methods: Institutional based cross-sectional study design was applied to assess willingness to use telemedicine among healthcare providers working at public health hospitals in south west of Ethiopia. Self-administered questionnaires were used. We have used Epi-info for data entry and Analysis of Moment Structure (AMOS) for analysis. A structural equation modeling was performed to identify factors associated with willingness to use telemedicine at 95% confidence interval (CI). Result: In this study, less than half of respondents had high willingness to use telemedicine. Ease of use (β = 0.79, 95% CI: [0.72, 0.86], p < 0.01), attitude (β = 0.91, 95% CI: [0.87, 0.95], p < 0.01) and patient-physician relationships (β = 0.67, 95% CI: [0.54, 0.70], p < 0.01) were variables associated with willingness to use telemedicine. Anxiety towards technology (β = 0.74, 95% CI: [0.69, 0.79], p < 0.01) and patient-physician relationships (β = 0.87, 95% CI: [0.81, 0.92], p < 0.01) were determinant factors of attitude to use telemedicine. Conclusions: The overall willingness to use telemedicine during COVID-19 in this setting is 46.5%. Addressing the problem related with ease of use, attitude and patient-physician relationships will help to increase the overall willingness to use telemedicine during COVID-19. An attempt to improving patient-physician relationship, provision of technical training for ease of use and working on healthcare providers’ attitude will help to improve the willingness to use telemedicine.Mohammedjud Hassen AhmedShekur Mohammed AwolShuma Gosha KanfeSamuel HailegebrealGebiso Roba DebeleGeleta Nenko DubeHabtamu Alganeh GuadieHabtamu Setegn NgusieJorn KleinElsevierarticleWillingnessCOVID-19Healthcare providersTelemedicineComputer applications to medicine. Medical informaticsR858-859.7ENInformatics in Medicine Unlocked, Vol 27, Iss , Pp 100783- (2021)
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topic	Willingness COVID-19 Healthcare providers Telemedicine Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics R858-859.7
spellingShingle	Willingness COVID-19 Healthcare providers Telemedicine Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics R858-859.7 Mohammedjud Hassen Ahmed Shekur Mohammed Awol Shuma Gosha Kanfe Samuel Hailegebreal Gebiso Roba Debele Geleta Nenko Dube Habtamu Alganeh Guadie Habtamu Setegn Ngusie Jorn Klein Willingness to use telemedicine during COVID-19 among health professionals in a low income country
description	Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has prompted rapid restructuring of the health-care system in an effort to stop the spread of the pandemic. Thus, telemedicine is more preferable in order to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic when face to face meeting is forbidden, allowing provision of health service over a distance. This study aimed to assess willingness to use telemedicine and factors that will determine their extent of willingness during COIVID-19 among healthcare providers working in south west of Ethiopia. Methods: Institutional based cross-sectional study design was applied to assess willingness to use telemedicine among healthcare providers working at public health hospitals in south west of Ethiopia. Self-administered questionnaires were used. We have used Epi-info for data entry and Analysis of Moment Structure (AMOS) for analysis. A structural equation modeling was performed to identify factors associated with willingness to use telemedicine at 95% confidence interval (CI). Result: In this study, less than half of respondents had high willingness to use telemedicine. Ease of use (β = 0.79, 95% CI: [0.72, 0.86], p < 0.01), attitude (β = 0.91, 95% CI: [0.87, 0.95], p < 0.01) and patient-physician relationships (β = 0.67, 95% CI: [0.54, 0.70], p < 0.01) were variables associated with willingness to use telemedicine. Anxiety towards technology (β = 0.74, 95% CI: [0.69, 0.79], p < 0.01) and patient-physician relationships (β = 0.87, 95% CI: [0.81, 0.92], p < 0.01) were determinant factors of attitude to use telemedicine. Conclusions: The overall willingness to use telemedicine during COVID-19 in this setting is 46.5%. Addressing the problem related with ease of use, attitude and patient-physician relationships will help to increase the overall willingness to use telemedicine during COVID-19. An attempt to improving patient-physician relationship, provision of technical training for ease of use and working on healthcare providers’ attitude will help to improve the willingness to use telemedicine.
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author	Mohammedjud Hassen Ahmed Shekur Mohammed Awol Shuma Gosha Kanfe Samuel Hailegebreal Gebiso Roba Debele Geleta Nenko Dube Habtamu Alganeh Guadie Habtamu Setegn Ngusie Jorn Klein
author_facet	Mohammedjud Hassen Ahmed Shekur Mohammed Awol Shuma Gosha Kanfe Samuel Hailegebreal Gebiso Roba Debele Geleta Nenko Dube Habtamu Alganeh Guadie Habtamu Setegn Ngusie Jorn Klein
author_sort	Mohammedjud Hassen Ahmed
title	Willingness to use telemedicine during COVID-19 among health professionals in a low income country
title_short	Willingness to use telemedicine during COVID-19 among health professionals in a low income country
title_full	Willingness to use telemedicine during COVID-19 among health professionals in a low income country
title_fullStr	Willingness to use telemedicine during COVID-19 among health professionals in a low income country
title_full_unstemmed	Willingness to use telemedicine during COVID-19 among health professionals in a low income country
title_sort	willingness to use telemedicine during covid-19 among health professionals in a low income country
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/b47207ddc30a493392b4e06c8a3543d6
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Willingness to use telemedicine during COVID-19 among health professionals in a low income country

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