French experience with telemedicine in inflammatory bowel disease: a patients and physicians survey.
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol
; 34(4): 398-404, 2022 04 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1550620
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND AIMS:
The use of telemedicine dramatically increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. We collected patients and physicians experience on telemedicine in the field of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).METHODS:
We conducted a nationwide survey between September 2020 and January 2021. A self-administered questionnaire was sent to participants through mailing lists of the national patients' association and IBD expert groups.RESULTS:
Overall, 300 patients and 110 gastroenterologists filled out the survey. On a 10 points scale of satisfaction with telemedicine, 60% of patients noted a score ≥8 and 52.7% of physicians ≥7. Patients and gastroenterologists felt that the duration of teleconsultations appeared to be shorter than in-person visits in 57.5 and 55.1% of cases, respectively. All participants agreed that telemedicine is appropriate in dedicated situations and not for flare-up consultations. For 55.1% of patients, quality of care was the same via telemedicine, whereas 51.4% of gastroenterologists believed they managed less well their patients. Lack of clinical examination being pointed out as the main limitation of telemedicine. Three-quarters of patients and gastroenterologists would agree to use telemedicine more often in the future.CONCLUSION:
Patients and gastroenterologists were satisfied with telemedicine and would be willing to use it in the future. However, telemedicine does not replace in-person visits and should be discussed on a case-by-case basis.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Physicians
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Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
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Telemedicine
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol
Journal subject:
Gastroenterology
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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