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Knowledge and Attitude of Health Professionals toward Telemedicine in Resource-Limited Settings: A Cross-Sectional Study in North West Ethiopia

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Biruk, Kirubel, Abetu, Eden·2018·Journal of Healthcare Engineering
DOI 10.1155/2018/2389268PMC PMC6276438
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Background: In resource-limited environments, such as those categorized as underdeveloped countries, telemedicine becomes viewed as effective channel for utilizing the scarce medical resources and infrastructures. The aim of this study was to assess knowledge and attitude toward telemedicine among cross section of health professionals' working in three hospitals in North West Ethiopia. Methods: value of < 0.05 was considered significant. Result: A total of 312 study subjects were approached and included in the study from November 13 to December 10, and the response rate was 95.5%. The majority of respondents (195 (65.4%)) were male, and the majority of the respondents (66.1%) were in the age group of 21-29 years. A large number of respondents (224 (75%)) were bachelor's degree holders. Only 37.6% of the respondents had demonstrated good knowledge of telemedicine, of which 74.1% were male, 65.2% of them were in the age group of 20-29 years, and 63.4% of them had >5 years of work experience. 191 (64.0%) respondents had good attitude toward telemedicine. Conclusion: The findings of the study suggest that although the respondents' knowledge of telemedicine is limited, most of them have good attitude toward telemedicine. This study underlined the need of giving training on telemedicine in order to fill the knowledge gap.

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  • Most healthcare professionals in the Community of Sahel-Saharan States face enormous workload, leading them to view telemedicine systems as an additional task that would result in increased workload and be time consuming.

    “We identified that most healthcare professionals in the region face enormous workload. This led healthcare professional to view telemedicine system as an additional task that would result in increased workload and time consuming [19, 20].”

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    The Discussion (page unavailable) reports that 65.8% of respondents believed telemedicine increases staff workload and 68.2% believed it creates new responsibilities. But the study was limited to three hospitals in North West Ethiopia; it does not establish that professionals across the Community of Sahel-Saharan States already face enormous workloads or that existing workload caused those views. The Results (page unavailable) also report that 61% recognized telemedicine as saving time, rather than finding that respondents viewed it as time-consuming. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Authors
Biruk, K., & Abetu, E.
Affiliations
  • Debre Markos University, College of Medicine and Health Science, Department of Health Informatics, Debre Marqos, Ethiopia
  • University of Gondar (ET)
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Venue
Journal of Healthcare Engineering
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2018-11-18
Volume
2018
Pages
1-7
ISSN
  • 2040-2295 (ISSN-L)
  • 2040-2309
DOI
10.1155/2018/2389268
PMC
PMC6276438
OpenAlex
W2900659783
Cited by
125
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2
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7.15
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en
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  • Journal of Healthcare Engineering (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Healthcare Systems and Technology
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Emergency Medical Services › Global Health Workforce Issues
Keywords
telemedicine, healthcare workers, knowledge and attitudes, resource-limited settings, telehealth education, hospital staff, Northwest Ethiopia
MeSH terms
Adult, Attitude of Health Personnel, Cross-Sectional Studies, Developing Countries, Ethiopia, Female, Health Personnel, Humans, Male, Telemedicine, Young Adult

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