Key result
Following 2 hours of training, 84.1% (37 of 44) of underserved participants with little or no computer experience successfully used an Internet telemedicine system to report their health status.
Why the study?
Does computer skills training enable underserved patients at risk for cardiovascular disease to successfully use an Internet telemedicine system?
Population
44 underserved patients with little or no computer experience at increased risk for cardiovascular disease…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
10 days
Authors
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May support brief training to enable telemedicine use in underserved CVD patients; hypothesis-generating for scalable digital health equity.
Does computer skills training enable underserved patients at risk for cardiovascular disease to successfully use an Internet telemedicine system?
Underserved populations without prior computer experience can be successfully trained to use Internet-based telemedicine systems for cardiovascular disease risk factor management.
Masucci et al. (2006) studied Cardiovascular disease risk factors (n=44). Computer and telemedicine system training was evaluated on Reporting health status from a local Internet access site within 10 days. Following 2 hours of training, 84.1% (37 of 44) of underserved participants with little or no computer experience successfully used an Internet telemedicine system to report their health status.
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