Patient Engagement With and Perceptions of the COVIDA Project, a Volunteer-Led Telemonitoring and Teleorientation Service for COVID-19 Community Management: Mixed Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the pandemic in Peru, the COVIDA (Collaboration Network of Volunteer Brigade Members for the Investigation, Detection, and Primary Management of Community Cases Affected by COVID-19) project proposed an innovative way to provide telemonitoring and teleorientation to COVID-19 patients, led by health care student volunteers. However, it has not been described how this interaction is perceived from the patient's perspective and which factors increase their engagement with this service.

Objective

The aim of this study is to describe the perceptions of patients about COVIDA and identify factors associated with their engagement with this service.

Methods

A mixed methods study was conducted to evaluate perceptions of patients that participated in the COVIDA

SUBMITTER: Escobar-Agreda S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11437321 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature