Barriers in primary health care telemedicine in times of COVID-19, Huánuco-Peru

  • Eler Borneo-Cantalicio Universidad de Huánuco. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Programa Académico de Enfermería. Unidad de Investigación. Cátedra de Tesis II. Huánuco-Huánuco. Perú https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6273-9818
  • Mely Ruiz-Aquino Universidad de Huánuco. Huánuco, Perú https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8340-7898
  • Diana Karina Palma-Lozano Universidad de Huánuco. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Programa Académico de Enfermería. Unidad de Investigación. Cátedra de Tesis II. Huánuco-Huánuco. Perú https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4520-7374
  • Amalia Verónica Leiva Yaro Universidad de Huánuco. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Programa Académico de Enfermería. Coordinadora de Programa Académico de Enfermería. Cátedra de Atención de Enfermería en Salud. Huánuco-Huánuco. Perú https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9810-207X
  • Wilder Javier Martel-Tolentino Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizán. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia. Laboratorio de Química. Cátedra de Biología, Química y Genética. Pillco Marca-Huánuco. Perú https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1511-5690
  • María Luz Ortíz-Agui Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizán. Facultad de Enfermería. Catedra de Tesis I y II y Epidemiologia. Pillco Marca-Huánuco. Perú https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5613-7378
  • Mitsi Marleni Quiñones Flores Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizán, Pillco Marca-Huánuco. Perú. Facultad de Obstetricia. Catedra de Tesis I y II https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6875-2944
  • Milward José Ubillús Trujillo Universidad Peruana Los Andes. Facultad de Medicina Humana. Junín-Huáncayo. Perú https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3684-9394
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56903/kasmera.5138983
Keywords: internet access, technology, telemonitoring, data security

Abstract

To identify barriers in primary health care telemedicine in times of COVID-19. The approach was exclusively quantitative, cross-sectional and a descriptive design was used, carried out in the year 2021 with the health personnel of the Health Service Provider Institutions of the Huánuco Health Network, Peru. We worked with a sample of 216 health personnel and used stratified random sampling for their selection. A scale of barriers in telemedicine was applied. Data analysis consisted of univariate contrast with Student's t-test for a sample. In general, the perception of barriers in telemedicine averaged 3.2 (from 1 to 5) and according to dimensions, in order of importance, were economic (3.4), organizational (3.3), technological (3.2) and human (3.1). However, the barriers of internet (3.8), sustainability (3.5) and promotion (3.5) predominated; in addition, the barriers of training, cost, multisystems, integration, patient-staff relationship, infrastructure, knowledge, turnover, workload, interest, expertise, safety, distrust, resistance and complexity were also perceived, all with p = 0.000. There is a perception of numerous barriers to the use of telemedicine, among which technological (Internet), economic (sustainability) and organizational (promotion) aspects stand out

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Borneo-Cantalicio E, Ruiz-Aquino M, Palma-Lozano DK, Leiva Yaro AV, Martel-Tolentino WJ, Ortíz-Agui ML, Quiñones Flores MM, Ubillús Trujillo MJ. Barriers in primary health care telemedicine in times of COVID-19, Huánuco-Peru. Kasmera [Internet]. 2023Jul.16 [cited 2024Jul.3];51:e5138983. Available from: https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/kasmera/article/view/38983
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