Perceptions and attitudes toward the use of telemedicine for the postoperative outpatient urological care during the COVID-19 pandemic in an Academic Hospital in Southern Italy
Introduction: Telemedicine is a most used tools in various medical and surgical scenarios. The aim of the present study was to explore attitudes and perceptions by urologic patients toward the use of telemedicine in the context of patient-physicians communication during the post-operative follow-up...
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| author | Vincenzo Mirone Giuseppe Celentano Claudia Collà Ruvolo Luigi Cirillo Giovanni Maria Fusco Marco Abate Simone Morra Francesco Di Bello Gianluigi Califano Claudia Mirone Gianluigi Cacace Vincenzo Morgera Roberto La Rocca Marco Capece Nicola Longo Luigi Napolitano Massimiliano Creta |
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Introduction: Telemedicine is a most used tools in various medical and surgical scenarios. The aim of the present study was to explore attitudes and perceptions by urologic patients toward the use of telemedicine in the context of patient-physicians communication during the post-operative follow-up in a large academic tertiary urology referral department in Italy.
Materials and methods: An anonymous questionnaire consisting of 15 multiple choice questions was designed including three sections: respondents’ demographics, attitudes, and perceptions towards the use of telemedicine. Invitations to participate to this anonymous questionnaire was given to outpatients attended at Urology Department, University of Naples Federico II.
Results: In total 697 responses were received (participation rate 73%). The frequency of telemedicine use was described as frequently, occasional, rarely, and never by 41.6%, 30.4%, 15.1%, and 12.6% of respondents, respectively. WhatsApp messenger used by 59.5% of respondents and telephone call (34.3%) were the most common type of tools. Satisfaction in using telemedicine was reported as very satisfied, satisfied, neutral, dissatisfied, and very dissatisfied by 39.6%,41.4%,10%,7% and 2% of respondents respectively. Overall, 43.7%% of participants individuated limited interaction and risk of misdiagnosis as the major limit of telemedicine.
Conclusions: Telemedicine represents the future of medical practice due to several benefits as well as convenience, increased access to care and decreased healthcare costs.
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| spelling | doaj.art-50dfadc6b5844cd496e74e1e0bd697782022-12-27T22:38:36ZengPAGEPress PublicationsArchivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia1124-35622282-41972022-12-0194410.4081/aiua.2022.4.375Perceptions and attitudes toward the use of telemedicine for the postoperative outpatient urological care during the COVID-19 pandemic in an Academic Hospital in Southern ItalyVincenzo Mirone0Giuseppe Celentano1Claudia Collà Ruvolo2Luigi Cirillo3Giovanni Maria Fusco4Marco Abate5Simone Morra6Francesco Di Bello7Gianluigi Califano8Claudia Mirone9Gianluigi Cacace10Vincenzo Morgera11Roberto La Rocca12Marco Capece13Nicola Longo14Luigi Napolitano15Massimiliano Creta16Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, School of Medicine, University of Naples "Federico II", NaplesDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, School of Medicine, University of Naples "Federico II", NaplesDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, School of Medicine, University of Naples "Federico II", NaplesDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, School of Medicine, University of Naples "Federico II", NaplesDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, School of Medicine, University of Naples "Federico II", NaplesDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, School of Medicine, University of Naples "Federico II", NaplesDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, School of Medicine, University of Naples "Federico II", NaplesDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, School of Medicine, University of Naples "Federico II", NaplesDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, School of Medicine, University of Naples "Federico II", NaplesMultidisciplinary Department of Medical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", NaplesDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, School of Medicine, University of Naples "Federico II", NaplesDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, School of Medicine, University of Naples "Federico II", NaplesDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, School of Medicine, University of Naples "Federico II", NaplesDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, School of Medicine, University of Naples "Federico II", NaplesDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, School of Medicine, University of Naples "Federico II", NaplesDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, School of Medicine, University of Naples "Federico II", NaplesDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, School of Medicine, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples Introduction: Telemedicine is a most used tools in various medical and surgical scenarios. The aim of the present study was to explore attitudes and perceptions by urologic patients toward the use of telemedicine in the context of patient-physicians communication during the post-operative follow-up in a large academic tertiary urology referral department in Italy. Materials and methods: An anonymous questionnaire consisting of 15 multiple choice questions was designed including three sections: respondents’ demographics, attitudes, and perceptions towards the use of telemedicine. Invitations to participate to this anonymous questionnaire was given to outpatients attended at Urology Department, University of Naples Federico II. Results: In total 697 responses were received (participation rate 73%). The frequency of telemedicine use was described as frequently, occasional, rarely, and never by 41.6%, 30.4%, 15.1%, and 12.6% of respondents, respectively. WhatsApp messenger used by 59.5% of respondents and telephone call (34.3%) were the most common type of tools. Satisfaction in using telemedicine was reported as very satisfied, satisfied, neutral, dissatisfied, and very dissatisfied by 39.6%,41.4%,10%,7% and 2% of respondents respectively. Overall, 43.7%% of participants individuated limited interaction and risk of misdiagnosis as the major limit of telemedicine. Conclusions: Telemedicine represents the future of medical practice due to several benefits as well as convenience, increased access to care and decreased healthcare costs. https://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/aiua/article/view/10763TelemedicineTeleheathHealthcareVirtual heathcareUrology |
| spellingShingle | Vincenzo Mirone Giuseppe Celentano Claudia Collà Ruvolo Luigi Cirillo Giovanni Maria Fusco Marco Abate Simone Morra Francesco Di Bello Gianluigi Califano Claudia Mirone Gianluigi Cacace Vincenzo Morgera Roberto La Rocca Marco Capece Nicola Longo Luigi Napolitano Massimiliano Creta Perceptions and attitudes toward the use of telemedicine for the postoperative outpatient urological care during the COVID-19 pandemic in an Academic Hospital in Southern Italy Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia Telemedicine Teleheath Healthcare Virtual heathcare Urology |
| title | Perceptions and attitudes toward the use of telemedicine for the postoperative outpatient urological care during the COVID-19 pandemic in an Academic Hospital in Southern Italy |
| title_full | Perceptions and attitudes toward the use of telemedicine for the postoperative outpatient urological care during the COVID-19 pandemic in an Academic Hospital in Southern Italy |
| title_fullStr | Perceptions and attitudes toward the use of telemedicine for the postoperative outpatient urological care during the COVID-19 pandemic in an Academic Hospital in Southern Italy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perceptions and attitudes toward the use of telemedicine for the postoperative outpatient urological care during the COVID-19 pandemic in an Academic Hospital in Southern Italy |
| title_short | Perceptions and attitudes toward the use of telemedicine for the postoperative outpatient urological care during the COVID-19 pandemic in an Academic Hospital in Southern Italy |
| title_sort | perceptions and attitudes toward the use of telemedicine for the postoperative outpatient urological care during the covid 19 pandemic in an academic hospital in southern italy |
| topic | Telemedicine Teleheath Healthcare Virtual heathcare Urology |
| url | https://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/aiua/article/view/10763 |
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