Telemedicine Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic in 8 Countries From the International Sexual Health and Reproductive Health Consortium: Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Telemedicine is an important way to fill in the access gap to in-person health care services during challenging times like pandemics.

Objective

This study aimed to investigate the role that telemedicine played during the COVID-19 pandemic by multicountry comparison of the use of telemedicine prior to and during the pandemic.

Methods

This study analyzes data from the second wave of the International Sexual Health and Reproductive Health study. This included data collected between April 2021 and July 2022 in 8 countries, including Armenia (n=296), Egypt (n=889), Germany (n=138), Moldova (n=311), Nigeria (n=205), Portugal (n=951), Singapore (n=13), and Spain (n=54). This study covered sociodemographics, sexual and reproductive health (SRH), and telemedicine us

SUBMITTER: Tan RKJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11920653 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature