Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
J Addict Dis. 2022 Oct-Dec;40(4):514-517. doi: 10.1080/10550887.2022.2035166. Epub 2022 Feb 8.
While telemedicine is seen as an emerging practice that will outlast the COVID-19 pandemic, it can reduce health services for those with limited internet and technological devices access or sufficient literacy.
OBJECTIVE(S): The aim of this study was to explore the feasibility of using telehealth with people who inject drugs (PWID).
A survey on availability and accessibility of different methods of communication was administered to a sample of PWID from an ongoing longitudinal cohort in Montréal, Canada.
Among the 96 respondents, phone calls were generally considered acceptable (89.6%) although availability was low (50%). Acceptability and availability of social media were 26% and 41.7%, respectively. Internet-based communication applications were considered acceptable to use for telehealth in 28.1% of participants, even if not frequently available (8.3%).
Telehealth is an acceptable form of treatment for PWID, but may be challenging due to low availability of phone or internet access.
虽然远程医疗被视为一种将持续存在于新冠疫情之后的新兴实践，但对于那些互联网和技术设备接入有限或读写能力不足的人来说，它可能会减少卫生服务。
本研究旨在探索使用远程医疗为注射毒品者（PWID）提供服务的可行性。
对来自加拿大蒙特利尔一个正在进行的纵向队列中的一组 PWID 样本进行了一项关于不同沟通方式的可用性和可及性的调查。
在 96 名受访者中，电话通话通常被认为是可以接受的（89.6%），尽管可用性较低（50%）。社交媒体的可接受性和可用性分别为 26%和 41.7%。28.1%的参与者认为基于互联网的通信应用程序可用于远程医疗，即使它们并不经常可用（8.3%）。
远程医疗是一种可以接受的 PWID 治疗方式，但由于电话或互联网接入的可用性较低，可能会具有挑战性。
