Use of Video Consultations for Patients With Hematological Diseases From a Patient Perspective: Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The need for the use of telemedicine is expected to increase in the coming years. There is, furthermore, a lack of evidence about the use of video consultations for hematological patients, and how the use of video consultations is experienced from the patients' perspective.

Objective

This study aimed to identify patients' experiences with the use of video consultations in place of face-to-face consultations, what it means to the patient to save the travel time, and how the roles between patients and health care professionals are experienced when using video consultation. This study concerns stable, not acutely ill, patients with hematological disease.

Methods

The study was designed as an exploratory and qualitative study. Data were collected through partici

SUBMITTER: Primholdt Christensen N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7434074 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature