Giannouli Vaitsa
School of Psychology, University of Western Macedonia, Greece.
Psychiatr Danub. 2023 Summer;35(2):245-249. doi: 10.24869/psyd.2023.245.
This study aims to clarify CAD patients' attitudes towards telemedicine-and-telecare before and after the pandemic and to compare views with those of healthcare students and professionals (doctors), while taking into consideration the influence of depressive symptomatology.
All participants completed a modified version of the Information Technology Attitude Scales for Health (ITASH), the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale-CES-D and a demographics questionnaire.
All three groups showed statistically significant more positive views towards eHealth in the retest condition on all questions. CAD patients held the least positive views compared to healthcare students and professionals in both time points. The majority of the participants from all three groups reported that since their initial examination they still lacked educational experience regarding eHealth. Depressive symptomatology was found not to have an influence on eHealth reports.
eHealth plays an important role both in prevention, treatment and care, but attitudes may act as an obstacle in using them. Future research should further investigate in more depth the complex influence of additional sociocultural and/or psychological factors for the reported differences.
本研究旨在阐明冠心病患者在疫情前后对远程医疗和远程护理的态度，并将其观点与医学生和医疗专业人员（医生）的观点进行比较，同时考虑抑郁症状的影响。
所有参与者均完成了一份修改版的健康信息技术态度量表（ITASH）、流行病学研究中心抑郁量表（CES-D）和一份人口统计学调查问卷。
在所有问题的重测中，三组对电子健康的看法在统计学上均显示出更积极的态度。在两个时间点上，冠心病患者的积极看法都比医学生和医疗专业人员少。来自三组的大多数参与者报告说，自初次检查以来，他们仍然缺乏关于电子健康的教育经历。研究发现，抑郁症状对电子健康报告没有影响。
电子健康在预防、治疗和护理中都起着重要作用，但态度可能会成为使用它们的障碍。未来的研究应进一步深入调查其他社会文化和/或心理因素对所报告差异的复杂影响。
