目的皮肤病学
远程医疗
医学
社会化媒体
存储并转发
家庭医学
医疗急救
患者满意度
护理部
医疗保健
万维网
计算机网络
计算机科学
经济增长
经济
作者
Sushan Pokharel,Sishir Poudel,Sudha Agrawal,Suchana Marahatta
摘要
Teledermatology refers to the use of telecommunication in consulting one's skin problem to a dermatologist at distance.This study aims to identify the awareness, acceptability, preferred technical tools, willingness to use, comfortability, and satisfaction of teledermatology among social-media users in Nepal.It was an exploratory cross-sectional study performed on 360 social-media users, subjected to web-based interview based on pretested proforma containing questions to address: awareness of telemedicine, type and tools preferred for teledermatology, willingness to use, comfortability, and satisfaction of teledermatology services.Most of the participants (60.8%) were initially unaware of telemedicine. Despite this, the majority (81.9%) were willing to use the services after being aware, mostly during the follow-up (36.6%). Most of the participants (61.1%) preferred the hybrid model for teleconsultation, while mobile was the preferred technical tool (68.1%) mostly because of its compatibility (84.1%) and portability (56.3%). The majority of the participants felt that teledermatology consultation would be beneficial (77.2%) and they mostly preferred it directly from a dermatologist (85.6%). About two-thirds (64.2%) also believed that teledermatology consultation would eliminate the need for a face-to-face consultation. The majority would be comfortable (68.1%) if their skin lesions are photographed and sent to a dermatologist and would be satisfied (62.5%) with the consultations, through Wi-Fi and mobile data both (55.6%), and via Facebook (97.2%) and Viber (70.8%).Despite being unaware of telemedicine, the participants were willing to use teledermatology consultation and thought that they would be comfortable and satisfied with it.
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