Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.
AIDS Behav. 2024 Mar;28(3):993-1001. doi: 10.1007/s10461-023-04209-7. Epub 2023 Oct 16.
Despite the scale-up of telehealth for children and youth living with HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic, their experience and interest in continued telehealth use in the future is unknown. We conducted a quality improvement project to identify areas for improvement of telehealth delivery to children and youth living with HIV and evaluate youth's experiences when using telehealth for mental health services. Children and youth living with HIV (up to 24 years) seen at a specialty HIV program during 2020-2021 were surveyed regarding technology access, telehealth knowledge, barriers to telehealth use and interest in future telehealth use for HIV care. Youth (12-<24 years) who used telehealth for mental health services were surveyed regarding their experiences. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Of the 170 patients in care, we surveyed 103 children and youth living with HIV (median age 17.6 years, 88.3% Black, 52.4% female, 77.7% perinatally infected), of whom 69.9% had prior telehealth use for their clinical visit. Most patients had access to a device with internet (99%) and were interested in future telehealth use for HIV care (87.4%). Reasons for not wanting to use telehealth included privacy concerns, distrust, discomfort with telehealth, preferring in-person visits, technology access issues and needing translation services. Most youth (81%) surveyed regarding telehealth for mental health services were satisfied and very likely to recommend it to others. Despite some reported barriers to telehealth, there is a high desirability for continued telehealth use among children and youth receiving HIV care.
尽管在 COVID-19 大流行期间,儿童和青少年艾滋病毒感染者的远程医疗服务得到了扩展,但他们对未来继续使用远程医疗的体验和兴趣尚不清楚。我们开展了一项质量改进项目,以确定改进儿童和青少年艾滋病毒感染者远程医疗服务的领域,并评估青年在使用远程医疗进行心理健康服务时的体验。2020-2021 年期间,在一家专门的艾滋病毒项目中接受治疗的儿童和青少年艾滋病毒感染者(最多 24 岁)接受了关于技术获取、远程医疗知识、远程医疗使用障碍以及对未来用于艾滋病毒护理的远程医疗使用的兴趣的调查。使用远程医疗进行心理健康服务的青年(12-<24 岁)接受了关于他们的体验的调查。使用描述性统计数据对数据进行了分析。在接受护理的 170 名患者中,我们调查了 103 名患有艾滋病毒的儿童和青少年(中位年龄 17.6 岁,88.3%为黑人,52.4%为女性,77.7%为围产期感染),其中 69.9%曾因临床就诊而使用过远程医疗。大多数患者都拥有带有互联网的设备(99%),并对未来用于艾滋病毒护理的远程医疗服务感兴趣(87.4%)。不想使用远程医疗的原因包括隐私问题、不信任、对远程医疗的不适、更喜欢亲自就诊、技术获取问题和需要翻译服务。大多数接受远程心理健康服务调查的青年(81%)表示满意,并很愿意向他人推荐。尽管存在一些报告的远程医疗障碍,但在接受艾滋病毒护理的儿童和青少年中,继续使用远程医疗的愿望很高。
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