Table 3.

Characteristics of included telemedicine studies (n = 4).

Reference	Telemedicine	Condition	Participants type	Participants #	Study design	Outcome measure	Finding
Biruk et al.90	Telemedicine	–	Healthcare professionals	312	Cross-sectional	Knowledge, attitude	62% lack good knowledge, 36% lack a good attitude toward telemedicine
Xue et al.91	Telemedicine	–	Healthcare professionals	107	Cross-sectional	Willingness -reasons for resistance to telemedicine	Reduced autonomy, anxiety, and costs increased resistance
Delaigue et al.92	Teledermatology	Dermatitis	Healthcare professionals	26	Cross-sectional	Usability	Teledermatology delivered a useful service, system gap for case follow-up
Shiferaw et a.93	Telemedicine	–	Healthcare professionals	20	Cross-sectional	Feasibility	Telemedicine is in a premature phase and its success needs technology, e-governance, an enabling policy, and multi-sectorial involvement