Assessment of Patients' Perception of Telemedicine Services Using the Service User Technology Acceptability Questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The purpose of this paper is to assess if similar telemedicine services integrated in the management of different chronic diseases are acceptable and well perceived by patients or if there are any negative perceptions.

Theory and methods

Participants suffering from different chronic diseases were enrolled in Veneto Region and gathered into clusters. Each cluster received a similar telemedicine service equipped with different disease-specific measuring devices. Participants were patients with diabetes (n = 163), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (n = 180), congestive heart failure (n = 140) and Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices (n = 1635). The Service User Technology Acceptability Questionnaire (SUTAQ) was initially translated, culturally adapted and pre

SUBMITTER: Dario C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5015543 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature