Iranian healthcare professionals' perspectives about factors influencing the use of telemedicine in diabetes management

作     者：Haleh Ayatollahi Nader Mirani Fatemeh Nazari Narjes Razavi 

作者机构：School of Health Management and Information SciencesIran University of Medical SciencesTehran ***Iran Zanjan University of Medical SciencesZanjan ***Iran School of Nursing and MidwiferyIran University of Medical SciencesTehran ***Iran 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Diabetes》 (世界糖尿病杂志（英文版）（电子版）)

年 卷 期：2018年第9卷第6期

页      面：92-98页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Supported by Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran No.IUMS/SHMIS_94/27219 

主　　题：Telemedicine Diabetes mellitus Physicians Nurses 

摘      要：AIM To identify factors influencing the use of telemedicine in diabetes management from the perspectives of hea-lthcare *** This was a quantitative study that was conducted in 2016. The participants were 240 nurses and 55 physicians from three teaching hospitals as well as from one endocrinology and metabolism research center. No sampling method was used and the data were collected by using a five-point(1 to 5) Likert scale questionnaire, which had 37 questions. Descriptive and inferential statistics(Mann-Whitney U test) were used to analyze the *** The findings showed that both physicians(4.06 ± 0.69) and nurses(4.02 ± 0.61) tended to use telemedicine technology for managing diabetes. Overall, the lowest mean value for physicians(3.79 ± 0.82) was related to the compatibility of telemedicine with other clinical activities in diabetes management. For nurses, the lowest mean value pertained to the usefulness of telemedicine in diabetes management(3.99 ± 0.53) and their attitude toward using this technology(3.99 ±0.65).CONCLUSION Although physicians and nurses agreed on using te-lemedicine technology in diabetes management, it is necessary to consider their concerns prior to the im-plementation and deployment of new technologies. This approach will help to improve the level of technology acceptance among the users.