Evaluation of Awareness and Attitude of Telemedicine among Primary Healthcare Workers in Deprived Area Health Centers

Table 1

Clinical healthcare workers’ awareness about telemedicine.

Awareness of	Very little; (%)	A little; (%)	Some; (%)	Enough; (%)	Very much; (%)
Overview of telemedicine	33 (22.1%)	0 (0%)	17 (11.4%)	67 (45%)	32 (21.5%)
Effect of telemedicine on practice	1 (0.7%)	54 (36.2%)	62 (41.6%)	32 (21.5%)	0 (0%)
Effect of telemedicine on income	12 (8.1%)	80 (53.7%)	57 (38.3%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Effect of telemedicine on quality	18 (12.1%)	37 (24.8%)	0 (0%)	62 (41.6%)	32 (21.5%)
Effect of telemedicine on the number and staff members needed	29 (19.5%)	25 (16.8%)	73 (49%)	0 (0%)	22 (14.8%)
Effect of telemedicine on patient education	29 (19.5%)	25 (16.8%)	63 (42.3%)	32 (21.5%)	0 (0%)
Telemedicine infrastructure	23 (15.4%)	96 (64.4%)	2 (1.3%)	28 (18.8%)	0 (0%)

SD: standard deviation.