Parents welcome follow-up using mobile devices: A survey of acceptability at an Australian tertiary paediatric centre.
Anaesth Intensive Care
; 47(2): 189-192, 2019 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-31088128
Follow-up for ongoing management and monitoring of patients is important in clinical practice and research. While common, telephone follow-up is resource intensive and, in our experience, yields low success rates. Electronic communication using mobile devices including smartphones and tablets can provide efficient alternatives - including SMS (text), online forms and mobile apps. To assess attitudes towards electronic follow-up, we surveyed 642 parents and carers at Perth Children's Hospital, targeting demographics, device ownership and attitudes towards electronic follow-up. Mobile phone ownership was effectively universal. Almost all respondents were happy to communicate electronically with the hospital. Promisingly, 93.2% of respondents were happy to receive follow-up SMSs from the hospital and 80.3% were happy to reply to SMS questions. There was less enthusiasm regarding other modalities, with 59.9% happy to use a website and 69.0% happy to use a mobile app. The results support the introduction of electronic communication for follow-up in our paediatric population.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pais
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Serviços de Saúde da Criança
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Telefone Celular
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Aplicativos Móveis
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Child
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article