Table 4.
Data on experiences and views on the use of telemedicine in different neurological disorders.
| Yes | No | |
|---|---|---|
| Epilepsy | ||
| Follow‐up of epilepsy patients are primarily conducted by telephone consultations (N = 96) | 95 (89) | 5 (5) |
| Follow‐up of epilepsy patients are primarily conducted by video consultations (N = 73) | 11 (15) | 62 (85) |
| If you have started conducting telephone/video consultations for epilepsy patients during the pandemic, do they function satisfactorily for the patients (N = 75) | 68 (91) | 7 (9) |
| If you have started conducting telephone/video consultations for epilepsy patients during the pandemic, do they function satisfactorily for you (N = 76) | 68 (89) | 8 (11) |
| From a professional perspective, is it satisfactory to make dosage changes for epilepsy patients by the telephone (N = 87) | 80 (92) | 7 (8) |
| From a professional perspective, is it satisfactory to assess frequency and type of seizure by the telephone (N = 88) | 69 (78) | 19 (22) |
| Reduced standard of care has been available to epilepsy patients during the pandemic (N = 91) | 27 (30) | 64 (70) |
| Headache | ||
| If you assess newly referred patients by telephone consultation, does it work satisfactorily for the patients (N = 45) | 29 (64) | 16 (36) |
| If you assess newly referred patients by telephone consultation, does it work satisfactorily for you (N = 49) | 30 (61) | 19 (39) |
| If you are conducting follow‐up with headache patients by telephone consultation, does it work satisfactorily for the patients (N = 75) | 69 (92) | 6 (8) |
| If you are conducting follow‐up with headache patients by telephone consultation, does it work satisfactorily for you (N = 74) | 72 (97) | 2 (3) |
| Reduced standard of care has been available to headache patients during the pandemic (N = 74) | 31 (42) | 43 (58) |
| Multiple sclerosis | ||
| From a professional perspective, is it satisfactory to assess newly referred multiple sclerosis patients by telephone consultations (N = 54) | 3 (6) | 51 (94) |
| Follow‐ups of patients with multiple sclerosis are primarily conducted by telephone consultations (N = 58) | 54 (93) | 4 (7) |
| Follow‐ups of patients with multiple sclerosis are primarily conducted by video consultations (N = 48) | 5 (10) | 43 (90) |
| If you have started conducting telephone/video consultations for multiple sclerosis patients during the pandemic, do they function satisfactorily for the patients (N = 42) | 32 (76) | 10 (24) |
| If you have started conducting telephone/video consultations for multiple sclerosis patients during the pandemic, do they function satisfactorily for you (N = 48) | 32 (53) | 16 (26) |
| I spend less time on telephone consultations with multiple sclerosis patients than at the usual in‐person appointments (N = 54) | 43 (80) | 11 (20) |
| Reduced standard of care has been available to multiple sclerosis patients during the pandemic (N = 55) | 39 (71) | 16 (29) |
| Movement disorder | ||
| Some newly referred movement disorder patients are assessed by telephone consultations (N = 48) | 11 (23) | 37 (77) |
| From a professional perspective, is it satisfactory to assess newly referred movement disorder patients by telephone consultations (N = 47) | 2 (4) | 45 (96) |
| Follow‐ups of patients with movement disorders are primarily conducted by telephone consultations (N = 48) | 39 (81) | 9 (19) |
| Follow‐ups of patients with movement disorders are primarily conducted by video consultations (N = 43) | 6 (14) | 37 (86) |
| If you have started conducting telephone consultations for movement disorder patients during the pandemic, do they function satisfactorily for the patients (N = 46) | 20 (43) | 26 (57) |
| If you have started conducting telephone consultations for movement disorder patients during the pandemic, do they function satisfactorily for you (N = 47) | 20 (43) | 27 (57) |
| Are you more likely to postpone altering dosages after a telephone consultation than a face‐to‐face meeting (N = 47) | 29 (62) | 18 (38) |
| Reduced standard of care has been available to movement disorder patients during the pandemic (N = 53) | 39 (74) | 14 (26) |
Numbers given as n (%).