Sahu Subhakanta, Dora Susmita S, Singh Arvind K, Mishra Abhisek, Patro Binod K, Subba Sonu H
Department of Community Medicine and Family Medicine, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Regional Institute of HIV Surveillance and Epidemiology, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Indian J Community Med. 2023 Jul-Aug;48(4):623-626. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_783_22. Epub 2023 Jul 14.
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a defining situation globally, and the outpatient services were also affected due to the closure of many healthcare facilities. The study was conducted to know the spectrum of the population availing teleconsultation and their needs for consultation. A cross-sectional study conducted in AIIMS Bhubaneswar, India, from May 2021 to June 2021in which the beneficiaries availing of the COVID-19 teleconsultation service were taken as study was participants and a total of 423 participants participated in the study. The proportion of participants who availed of the services in the age group 20-39 years was 67.8%. The participants from the urban area were 81%. Very few or almost nil participation were observed in the category of semiskilled, unskilled, and unemployed occupations. The reasons for availing of teleconsultation services were, for the treatment of COVID-19 disease (45%), distressed consultation for the medication (21%), and seeking advice for testing (13%), related to COVID-19 vaccination (6%) and 9% consulted to know the prognosis of the disease. Steps should be taken to expand the teleconsultation services to the underserved rural community and the people with lower educational status.
新冠疫情在全球造成了一种决定性局面,许多医疗机构关闭也影响了门诊服务。开展这项研究是为了了解使用远程会诊的人群范围及其会诊需求。2021年5月至2021年6月在印度布巴内斯瓦尔全印医学科学研究所进行了一项横断面研究,将使用新冠远程会诊服务的受益者作为研究参与者,共有423名参与者参与了该研究。年龄在20至39岁的参与者中使用该服务的比例为67.8%。来自城市地区的参与者占81%。在半熟练、非熟练和失业职业类别中,参与人数极少或几乎为零。使用远程会诊服务的原因包括:治疗新冠疾病(45%)、因用药进行紧急会诊(21%)、寻求检测建议(13%)、与新冠疫苗接种相关(6%)以及9%的人咨询疾病预后情况。应采取措施将远程会诊服务扩展到服务不足的农村社区和教育程度较低的人群。