Identifying the Readiness of Patients in Implementing Telemedicine in Northern Louisiana for an Oncology Practice

dc.contributor.authorRaffenaud, Amanda
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-25T15:01:09Z
dc.date.available2021-06-25T15:01:09Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThis study identified the readiness factors that may create challenges in the use of telemedicine among patients in northern Louisiana with cancer. To identify these readiness factors, the team of investigators developed 19 survey questions that were provided to the patients or to their caregivers. The team collected responses from 147 respondents from rural and urban residential backgrounds. These responses were used to identify the individuals’ readiness for utilising telemedicine through factor analysis, Cronbach’s alpha reliability test, analysis of variance and ordinary least squares regression. The analysis results indicated that the favourable factor (positive readiness item) had a mean value of 3.47, whereas the unfavourable factor (negative readiness item) had a mean value of 2.76. Cronbach’s alpha reliability test provided an alpha value of 0.79. Overall, our study indicated a positive attitude towards the use of telemedicine in northern Louisiana.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGurupur, V., Shettian, K., Xu, P., Hines, S., Desselles, M., Dhawan, M., Wan, T. T. H., Raffenaud, A., & Anderson, L. (2017). Identifying the readiness of patients in implementing telemedicine in northern Louisiana for an oncology practice. Health informatics journal, 23(3), 181-196. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1460458216639740en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177%2F1460458216639740
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12521/145
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.titleIdentifying the Readiness of Patients in Implementing Telemedicine in Northern Louisiana for an Oncology Practiceen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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