Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Niger J Clin Pract. 2021 Apr;24(4):464-469. doi: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_34_20.
To investigate the knowledge, perceptions, and attitude of young doctors and nurses at Kind Abdulaziz University Hospital (KAUH) Jeddah, KSA, regarding the effectiveness of telemedicine in dealing with the patients for either follow-up or continuous monitoring of chronic diseases.
This prospective cross-sectional study was carried out on the young doctors and nursing staff at KAUH. An online questionnaire addressing all the required fields, i.e., background essential demography, perceptions, acceptance, and knowledge regarding telemedicine's utility, was sent to the targeted population of health care workers. Completed responses were analyzed statistically as per study objectives.
The response rate in our study was 85%. A total of 335 participants responded to our questionnaire. One hundred seventy-one (51.1%) were doctors, whereas one hundred sixty-four (48.9%) were the nursing staff. Among doctors, 50 (29.4%) were recent graduates, whereas, in the nursing side, 77 (46.7%) were the senior nursing students. The knowledge and attitude of the young nursing staff were relatively better than the senior staff taking part in the study and the trends were found statistically significant.
Our study participants, being young, were enthusiastic, had good knowledge regarding the advantages and limitations of telemedicine in managing the selected groups of patients. Their perception and attitude were quite positive. This is an encouraging trend in the promotion of telemedicine as an established way of managing patients with special requirements in an effective way. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of telemedicine in emergencies to protect both patients and health care workers by reducing chronic patients' avoidable hospital visits.
调查沙特吉达阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王大学医院（KAUH）的年轻医生和护士对远程医疗在处理患者随访或慢性病连续监测方面的有效性的认知、看法和态度。
本前瞻性横断面研究在 KAUH 对年轻医生和护理人员进行。向医疗保健工作者目标人群发送了一份在线问卷，涵盖了所有必需领域，即背景基本人口统计学、对远程医疗效用的看法、接受度和认知。根据研究目标对完成的回复进行了统计分析。
我们的研究应答率为 85%。共有 335 名参与者回答了我们的问卷。171 名（51.1%）是医生，而 164 名（48.9%）是护理人员。在医生中，50 名（29.4%）是应届毕业生，而在护理方面，77 名（46.7%）是高级护理学生。年轻护理人员的知识和态度相对较好，比参与研究的高级人员要好，而且趋势具有统计学意义。
我们的研究参与者作为年轻人，热情洋溢，对远程医疗在管理选定患者群体方面的优势和局限性有很好的了解。他们的看法和态度非常积极。这是促进远程医疗作为管理具有特殊要求患者的既定方式的令人鼓舞的趋势。持续的 COVID-19 大流行凸显了远程医疗在保护患者和医护人员方面的重要性，通过减少慢性患者不必要的医院就诊来实现。
