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Předanestetické vyšetření s využitím mobilních komunikačních technologií – jsou naši pacienti připraveni: Prospektivní observační multicentrická průřezová studie

Title in English Preoperative assessment using mobile technologies in the Czech Republic – are our patients ready for it? Prospective, observational, multicentre, cross-sectional study
Authors

PAŘÍZEK Tomáš GÁL Roman HLOŽKOVÁ Jarmila NEUMANN Pavel ŠKOLA Josef ŠKULEC Roman ŠTOURAČ Petr URBANEC René VYMAZAL Tomáš ČERNÝ Vladimír

Year of publication 2017
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Anesteziologie & intenzivní medicína
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Field Other medical specializations
Keywords preoperative assessment; telemedicine
Description Objective: The aim of our study was to find out whether patients scheduled for elective surgery owned a smartphone, had access to internet/e-mail and whether they would be willing to undergo preoperative assessment (POA) using internet/mobile devices. Design: Observational, prospective, multicentre, cross-sectional study. Setting: Preoperative clinics at tertiary care hospitals in the Czech Republic. Materials and methods: The study was based on a simple questionnaire which the patients had to answer at the end of their POA appointment. The recorded data included age, gender, level of education, ownership of a smartphone, access to internet/e-mail and the patients' willingness to undergo remote POA. The obtained data were analysed using descriptive statistical methods. Results: We analysed data from 1685 patients. Total 957 (57%) of them owned a smartphone, 1330 (79%) had access to the internet and 1260 (75%) used e-mail. Total 536 patients (32%) were willing to undergo remote POA. Patients with a university degree (164 of 343, 48%) were more likely to be willing to have remote POA. Conclusion: More than half of the patients undergoing POA owned a smartphone, had internet connection and used e-mail. Overall one third of the patients expressed their willingness to undergo remote POA; this proportion was higher in patents with a degree.

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