Table 5
Q4: What was the single part of the telemedicine visit
?
Variable
Frequency
Percentage
4. What was the single part of the
telemedicine visit?
lack of wait time or scheduling ease
183
53.4
convenience or no need to travel
90
26.2
seeing and interacting with the
physician
35
10.2
comfort or safety
28
8.2
general ease of use
5
1.5
convenience or travel
2
0.6
When participants were asked about the most difficult part of the telemedicine
experience, the majority of participants believed that explaining symptoms or the
physical examination (n = 201, 58.6%) was the most difficult part, followed by
nothing, no concern (n = 73, 21.3%), waiting time (n = 36, 10.5%), poor connectivity
(n = 33, 9.6%).
Table 6
Q5:
What was the most difficult part of your telemedicine experience?
Variable
Frequency
Percentage
5. What was the most difficult part of your
telemedicine experience?
Explaining symptoms or the physical
examination
201
58.6
Nothing, no concern
73
21.3
Waiting time
36
10.5
Poor connectivity
33
9.6
When asked to rate the ease of accessing and using the telemedicine program on a
scale from 1 to 10, participants held a neutral perspective (M = 4.66, SD = 2.74, Mdn
= 5). Similarly, participants reported a neutral perspective when asked about the
difficulty of explaining their symptoms in comparison to a standard in-person
