Rural use of health service and telemedicine during COVID-19: The role of access and eHealth literacy.
COVID-19
eHealth literacy
mental health
telehealth
telemedicine
Journal
Health informatics journal
ISSN: 1741-2811
Titre abrégé: Health Informatics J
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100883604
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
entrez:
27
5
2021
pubmed:
28
5
2021
medline:
29
7
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The COVID-19 pandemic has driven a greater reliance on telemedicine, yet rural access, use, and satisfaction with telemedicine and the role of eHealth literacy are unknown. Using a cross-sectional design, 279 (70.6% female) western rural Canadians completed an online survey. The majority of participants reported access to telemedicine, but nearly 1/5 lacked access to online or virtual mental health services. The majority of participants had used health care services following the declared COVID-19 pandemic in North America, and just under half had used telemedicine. Telemedicine satisfaction scores were higher among participants who had used video (
Identifiants
pubmed: 34041936
doi: 10.1177/14604582211020064
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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