School of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021 Aug 7;21(1):543. doi: 10.1186/s12884-021-03999-9.
The objective of this study is to understand the perceptions of new mothers using virtual care via video conferencing to gain insight into the benefits and barriers of virtual care for obstetric patients.
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 patients attending the Kingston Health Sciences Centre. The interviews were 20-25 min in length and recorded through an audio recorder. Thematic analysis was conducted in order to derive the major themes explored in this study.
New mothers must often adopt new routines to balance their needs and their child's needs. These routines could impact compliance and motivation to attend follow-up care. In our study, participants expressed high satisfaction with virtual care, emphasizing benefits related to comfort, convenience, communication, socioeconomic factors, and the ease of technology use. Participants also perceived that they could receive emotional support and build trust with their health care providers despite the remote nature of their care. Due to its ease of use and increased accessibility, we argue that virtual care shows promise to facilitate long-term compliance to care in obstetric patients.
Virtual care is a useful modality that could improve compliance to obstetric care. Further research and clinical endeavours should examine how social factors and determinants intersect to determine how they underpin patient perceptions of virtual and in-person care.
本研究旨在了解使用视频会议进行虚拟护理的新妈妈的看法，以深入了解虚拟护理对产科患者的益处和障碍。
对在金士顿健康科学中心就诊的 15 名患者进行了半结构化访谈。访谈时长为 20-25 分钟，并通过音频记录器进行记录。为了得出本研究探讨的主要主题，进行了主题分析。
新妈妈们经常需要采用新的日常生活习惯来平衡自己和孩子的需求。这些日常生活习惯可能会影响遵守和接受后续护理的意愿。在我们的研究中，参与者对虚拟护理表示高度满意，强调了舒适性、便利性、沟通、社会经济因素以及技术易用性等方面的好处。参与者还认为，尽管护理是远程的，但他们可以获得情感支持并与医疗保健提供者建立信任。由于其易用性和可及性的提高，我们认为虚拟护理有望促进产科患者长期遵守护理。
虚拟护理是一种有用的模式，可以提高对产科护理的依从性。应进一步研究和临床努力，研究社会因素和决定因素如何相互交叉，以确定它们如何支撑患者对虚拟和面对面护理的看法。
