Evaluation of the rapid implementation of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study among adolescents and their parents.

ABSTRACT: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic catalysed an abrupt explosion in the use telepsychiatry for the delivery of mental health services. We aimed to explore the experience of telemedicine use during this period among adolescent outpatients and inpatients and their parents. This qualitative study took place in a French adolescent medicine and psychiatry department during the first lockdown. Data collection by purposive sampling continued until we reached theoretical sufficiency. The interviews were analysed by applying Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis which is based on an iterative, inductive process. It included 20 participants: 10 adolescents and 10 parents. The analysis showed three themes: (1) facilitators of a switch from face-to-face to tele-consultation: (a) the c

SUBMITTER: Carretier E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9652600 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature