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. 2022 Aug 15;4:100092. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnsa.2022.100092

Corrigendum to “Satisfaction with use of telehealth during COVID-19: An integrative review” [International Journal of Nursing Studies Advanced 2 (2020). Article number 100008]

Elizabeth Andrews a, Kendall Berghofer a, Julie Long a, Amber Prescott a, Meriam Caboral-Stevens a,b,
PMCID: PMC9376737  PMID: 35989885

1. The authors regret the following errors to Table 1.

  • a)

    We omitted to include a definition of the abbreviations used in Table 1.

  • b)

    These definitions have now been added to the table below.

  • c)
    Two typographical errors have been corrected in relation to Gilbert et al. (2020)
    • -
      qi should be uppercase, as QI.
    • -
      RNOC has been replaced by RNOH.

Table 1.

Included articles characteristics.

Primary author (yr.)Country of publication Design Service area offered/Data range collection Sample, sample size and setting Method/instruments used Level of evidence(LOE)
Ambrosini et al. (2020)
Italy
Descriptive GU cancer (Uro-oncology)
From Mar. 9, 2020
41 out of 60 patients who were scheduled for virtual consultation responded to the survey. Response rate – 68.3%
Survey LOE VI
Dobrussin et al. (2020)
USA
Descriptive GI
March–May 2020
1492 patients and 503 providers responded to the survey; 65% females
Michigan and Washington DC
Online survey LOE VI
Fieux et al. (2020)
France
Quantitative, Prospective Survey ENT
April 6–10, 2020
100 of the 125 patients in the ENT tele-
consultation over the 7-day inclusion period completed the survey
Mean age = 51; 2:3 M/F ratio
Lyon, France
Questionnaire LOE VI
Gilbert et al. (2020)
UK
QI Orthopaedic
March 16–April 20, 2020
215 patients; 103 clinicians
RNOH
Survey LOE VI
Holcomb et al. (2020)
USA
Descriptive cross-sectional
Prenatal visit
March 17–May 31, 2020
283 out of 421 pregnant women who participated in at least one visit agreed to participate (65% response rate); 89% females; 84% Whites; 66.8% with college degrees
Texas
Telephone survey LOE VI
Holtz (2020)
USA
Descriptive cross-sectional Not identified
March 31–April 20, 2020
1011 participated the survey but data from 434 participants who had used telemedicine were included in their analysis; 89% females Survey LOE VI
Itamura et al. (2020)
USA
Descriptive
Otolaryngo-
logy clinic
January 1–May 1, 2020
195 virtual visits
and 4013 in-person visits
California
Survey LOE VI
Kanc et al., (2020)
Slovenia
Descriptive
Pilot study
DM
April – May 2020
98, 60% women, with mean age of 52 (SD = 15.1), recent A1C level 7.1% Telephone Survey LOE VI
Layfield et al. (2020)
USA
Descriptive Head and Neck
March 25–April 24, 2020
100 patients who had video-based telemedicine visits only (FaceTime = 22; BluJeans = 58; Doximity = 20). Mean age 62.6 (SD = 13.9) years; 59% males; 94% were return patients; 66% had some college or had college degree; 55% had private insurance;
Pennsylvania
Survey LOE VI
Li et al. (2020)
Hong Kong
Descriptive
Pilot study
Vascular
Feb 19–March 16, 2020
114 patient. Mean age = 60 (SD 15.2) years old; 65% men; 81% were post-op patients.
China
Questionnaire LOE VI
Liu et al. (2020)
China
Descriptive
Retrospective review
Adults and Paediatrics Health, and Psychological counselling
Jan. 24 to Feb. 17, 2020
4589 patients;
58% females and 42% males; Age range - 78 days old to 85 years old. 81% were aged 20–39 age group
Electronic Questionnaire LOE VI
Mann et al. (2020)
USA
Descriptive Urgent and non-urgent ambulatory care visits
January 1 – April 14, 2020
1693 participants; Highest age group aged 20–44, particularly for urgent care.
NYU Langone
text message survey LOE VI
Mostafa et al. (2020)
USA
Descriptive Allergy & Immunology
Apr. 13–May 8, 2020
177 out of 290 who received telemedicine completed satisfaction survey; 65% females
Median age – 33 years old; 65% females; 41% were new patient (NP) encounters
Rochester, NY
Survey LOE VI
Rametta et al. (2020)
USA
QI Paediatric
Oct. 1 – Mar. 15, 2020 (in – person) and
Mar. 16–Apr. 24, 2020 (telemedicine)
2589 telehealth encounters
Most common diagnosis: epilepsy and migraine
Philadelphia
Survey LOE VI
Shenoy et al. (2020)
India
QI Audit Rheumatology
Mar. 12–20, 2020
100 completed satisfaction survey
Median age 54, 87% females
Survey LOE VI
Smrke et al. (2020)
UK
Descriptive
Retrospective case series
Rare Cancer
Mar. 23 – April 24, 2020
108 patients completed survey (70 telemedicine and 34 face-to-face); median age 58 years old; 56% females
18 clinicians: (4 consultants, 4 clinical research fellows, 4 residents, 2 nurse specialists, 4 research nurses
Royal Mardsen Hospital Sarcoma Unit, UK
Patient and provider experience with telemedicine - Questionnaire LOE VI
Svider et al. (2020)
USA
Descriptive survey-based study Rhinology
April 2020
135 respondents from four practice regions
New Jersey
Degree of use;
Satisfaction with service – Anonymous Survey
LOE VI
Tenforde et al. (2020)
USA
QI Sports & Musculoskeletal
Most common duration 15–29 min
April 6–17, 2020
Surveys completed by 119 patients and 13 physiatrists.
Majority of patients were female and age range was 34–64.
# of telemedicine visits, types, duration of encounter, quality and satisfaction - Survey
Physician experiences performing telemedicine - Survey
LOE VI

Abbreviations: QI- quality improvements; GU- genito-urinary; GI- gastrointestinal; ENT – eyes, nose, and throat; M/F- male/female; RNOH – Royal National Orthopoedic Hospital; DM – diabetes mellitus; A1C- glycated haemoglobin; NYU- New York University; LOE- level of evidence; USA- United States of America; DC = District of Columbia.

2. The authors regret the following errors to Table 3.

  • a)

    Definitions of statistical abbreviations were omitted and have been added to the bottom of Table 3, below.

  • b)

    For consistency we have replaced ‘m’ with M (for mean) in Holtz et al. (2020).

Table 3.

Satisfaction results.

Article Patient satisfaction Provider satisfaction
Ambrosini et al. (2020) Most patients had high level of satisfaction - (M = 4.7/5).
Dobrussin et al. (2020) Overall, patients were highly satisfied (greater than 80%) with their telehealth visits. High level of satisfaction (greater than 90%) with telehealth services among providers
Fieux et al. (2020) Overall satisfaction was 87%.
Gilbert et al. (2020) Satisfaction scores were high for phone and virtual consultations (90 and 85%, respectively) Clinicians rated virtual consultation as 78/100 for clinicians
Holcomb et al. (2020) 99% participants rated their visit “good” or “very good
Holtz et al. (2020) People were overall satisfied with their telemedicine experience(s), (M = 1.67, SD = 0.61). [lower score represents higher satisfaction]
Itamura et al. (2020) In-patient visit satisfaction survey – 93%
Virtual visit satisfaction survey – 74%
Kanc et al. (2020) Almost all had positive comments about telemedicine appointment and 72% would consider after Covid-19
Layfield et al. (2020) Satisfaction score with telehealth (6.29/7), [higher score represents higher satisfaction]
Average score across all questions was 6.01 on a scale from 1 to 7, where 7 indicated the highest level of patient agreement.
Li et al. (2020) Overall experience of the video consultation, all of the patients were ‘‘satisfied’’ or ‘‘highly satisfied’’ with the video calls
Liu et al. (2020) 98.1% (n = 966) of respondents were satisfied (rated as 4 stars or above/5 star) with the service they received.
Mann et al. (2020) Satisfaction score was 4.73/5
Mostafa et al. (2020) Overall satisfaction with telemedicine encounter was rated as agree and strongly agree – 96.7%; telemedicine was as satisfactory as in-person – 77.4%
Rametta et a. (2020) Caregivers indicated an interest in telemedicine as part of future care for 86% of encounters Overall provider satisfaction with telemedicine in 93% of the encounters; 60% were very satisfied; 89% would use telemedicine components for follow-up
Shenoy et al. (2020) Overall median satisfaction was 9 (IQR 8–1) on the Numeric Rating Scale.
Smrki et al. (2020) Mean satisfaction with telephone consultation was higher than face-to-face consultation (rating 8.99/10 vs. 8.35/10, respectively).
Svider et al. (2020) 82.0% noted feeling some level of satisfaction ranging from absolutely satisfied to satisfied, while 18.0% reported dissatisfaction or total failure.
Telemedicine satisfaction levels did not differ by region (MW, NE, S, W satisfaction at 86.2%, 84.1%, 78.8, 76.0%, respectively, p = 0.73).
Tenforde et al. (2020) Patient rated telemedicine visit as excellent or very good across measures (91.6–95%) 92.3% of physicians reported excellent or very good overall satisfaction

Abbreviations: M = mean; SD = standard deviation; IQR = interquartile range.

The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience or confused this caused.

Footnotes

DOI of original article: 10.1016/j.ijnsa.2020.100008


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