1. The authors regret the following errors to Table 1.
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We omitted to include a definition of the abbreviations used in Table 1.
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These definitions have now been added to the table below.
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c)Two typographical errors have been corrected in relation to Gilbert et al. (2020)
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-qi should be uppercase, as QI.
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-RNOC has been replaced by RNOH.
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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) |
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| 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.
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Definitions of statistical abbreviations were omitted and have been added to the bottom of Table 3, below.
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For consistency we have replaced ‘m’ with M (for mean) in Holtz et al. (2020).
Table 3.
Satisfaction results.
| Article | Patient satisfaction | Provider satisfaction |
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| 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% |
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| 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. |
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| 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). |
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| 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
