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JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
Volume 237, Issue -, Pages 115-+Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.06.036
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- Delaware ACCEL COVID-19 Rapid Pilot Award
- Institutional Development Award (IDeA) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, United States of the National Institutes of Health, United States [U54GM104941]
- State of Delaware
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The study aimed to determine factors influencing the acceptance of telehealth by parents of children with heart disease and found that digital literacy was a determinant for telehealth acceptance. Telehealth was determined to be a reliable and usable means of healthcare delivery.
Objectives To determine whether telehealth acceptance by parents of children with heart disease is predicted by sociodemographic and/or by parental digital literacy, and to assess parental perceptions of telehealth usability and reliability. Study design We conducted a single center study comparing telehealth acceptance versus visit cancellation/re-scheduling for pediatric cardiology visits during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. All parent/guardians who consented to survey completion received a validated survey assessing their digital literacy. Consenting parents who accepted telehealth received an additional validated survey assessing their perceptions of telehealth usability and reliability. Results A total of 849 patients originally were scheduled for in-person visits between March 30 and May 8, 2020. Telehealth acceptance was highest among younger, publicly insured, Hispanic patients with primary diagnoses of arrhythmia/palpitations, chest pain, dysautonomia, dyslipidemia and acquired heart disease. Among parents who completed surveys, a determinant of telehealth acceptance was digital literacy. Telehealth was determined to be a usable and reliable means for health care delivery. Conclusion Although the potential for inequitable selection of telehealth due to sociodemographic factors exists, we found that such factors were not a major determinant for pediatric cardiology care within a large, diverse, freestanding pediatric hospital.
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