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: Received: 5 November 2024 / Approved: 6 November 2024 / Online: 6 November 2024 (11:04:46 CET)
How to cite:
Khalil, A.; Alharazi, S. S.; Bakhamees, F. H. Patients' and Physicians' Perceptions of Audio-Only Gynecology Virtual Clinics: The Experience of a Tertiary Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Preprints2024, 2024110418. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202411.0418.v1
Khalil, A.; Alharazi, S. S.; Bakhamees, F. H. Patients' and Physicians' Perceptions of Audio-Only Gynecology Virtual Clinics: The Experience of a Tertiary Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Preprints 2024, 2024110418. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202411.0418.v1
Khalil, A.; Alharazi, S. S.; Bakhamees, F. H. Patients' and Physicians' Perceptions of Audio-Only Gynecology Virtual Clinics: The Experience of a Tertiary Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Preprints2024, 2024110418. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202411.0418.v1
APA Style
Khalil, A., Alharazi, S. S., & Bakhamees, F. H. (2024). Patients' and Physicians' Perceptions of Audio-Only Gynecology Virtual Clinics: The Experience of a Tertiary Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202411.0418.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Khalil, A., Shahad S. Alharazi and Farah H. Bakhamees. 2024 "Patients' and Physicians' Perceptions of Audio-Only Gynecology Virtual Clinics: The Experience of a Tertiary Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202411.0418.v1
Abstract
Background/Objectives: Since the outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019, virtual clinics served as the cornerstone modality of telehealth in many health institutions. This study aimed to examine patients’ and physicians’ perceptions of audio-only gynecology virtual clinics’ integration. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A convenient sampling technique was followed for physicians and patients. The questionnaires utilized were validated. Results: During March 2021-March 2022, a total of 220 subjects participated in the study. Physicians accounted for 24.5% (n=54), while patients accounted for 75.5% (n=166). Overall, only 55.5% of the physicians agreed virtual clinics should continue after the pandemic, while 84.6% and 76.0% of the patients reported satisfaction and the wish to use virtual clinics again, respectively. Physicians who seldom found physical examination to be indicated, seldom requested patients to attend physically to the clinic, and who had a positive outlook on virtual clinics were more likely to desire continuing virtual clinics after the pandemic, p<0.001. Patients who had positive outlooks regarding virtual clinics were shown to be more satisfied with virtual clinics, p<0.001. Conclusions: Audio-only gynecology virtual clinics are accepted by both physicians and patients with higher satisfaction among patients. Physicians’ positive outlook yet reluctance to continue virtual clinics suggests the need to modify the conduction of virtual clinics and necessitates larger-scaled prospective studies in this topic.
Keywords
gynecology; patient; perception; physician; saudi arabia; telehealth; telemedicine
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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