1. Telemonitoring readiness among Austrian diabetic patients: A cross-sectional validation study.
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Muigg, Domenik, Duftschmid, Georg, Kastner, Peter, Modre-Osprian, Robert, and Haluza, Daniela
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CHI-squared test ,CLINICAL competence ,COMMUNICATION ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,STATISTICAL correlation ,PEOPLE with diabetes ,EXPERIMENTAL design ,FACTOR analysis ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEDICAL care ,MEDICAL ethics ,PATIENTS ,PRIVACY ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,SCALE analysis (Psychology) ,STATISTICS ,TELEMEDICINE ,TRAVEL ,TEXT messages ,DATA analysis ,PSYCHOSOCIAL factors ,QUANTITATIVE research ,DATA security ,CROSS-sectional method ,RESEARCH methodology evaluation ,MOBILE apps ,DATA analysis software ,PATIENTS' attitudes ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
Digitalized healthcare services offer remote and cost-effective treatment of diabetes patients. Thus, the present online study analyzed the readiness to use telemonitoring among Austrian diabetes patients. We developed and validated a German version of the patient telehealth readiness assessment tool and performed quantitative context analysis of free-text comments on perceived barriers and benefits of telemonitoring. Participants (n = 41, 42.6% females) achieved a medium average readiness level for telemonitoring. The three top benefits were intensified care, shorter travel and waiting times, and better therapy adjustment. The top three barriers were data privacy issues, loss of personal communication and focus on blood sugar, and teledoctor competence. Diabetes patients represent a suitable target group for remote treatment opportunities. However, a shift from traditional face-to-face medical care to exclusive telemonitoring treatment from diagnosis to consultation and treatment requires fundamental new legal framework conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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