Table 3.

Practices and attitudes toward telemedicine.

Questions	N (%)
Practice and attitude
Practice: Have you ever used telemedicine?	N = 602
No	490 (81.4)
Yes	112 (18.6)
Practice: For what disease had you used telemedicine?a (112 out of 602)	N = 112
For COVID-19	48 (42.9)
Common illness as common cold, fever, and headache, etc.	78 (69.7)
Chronic diseases as diabetes, high blood pressure, and joint pain, etc.	21 (18.8)
Serious illnesses/emergency conditions	4 (3.6)
Others	28 (25)
Attitude: Would you like to use telemedicine in the future?	N = 602
No	32 (5.3)
Yes	262 (43.5)
Maybe	308 (51.2)
Attitude: For what diseases would you like to use telemedicine?a (570 out of 602)	N = 570
For COVID-19	251 (44.1)
Common illness as common cold, fever, and headache, etc.	229 (40.2)
Serious illnesses/emergency conditions	59 (10.4)
Chronic diseases as diabetes, high blood pressure, and joint pain, etc.	76 (13.4)
Other	62 (10.9)
Impact of COVID-19 on attitude toward telemedicine
Has COVID-19 changed your attitude toward telemedicine?	N = 602
No	178 (29.6)
Yes	424 (70.4)
Do you think telemedicine would be practiced in long run in our society?	N = 602
No	72 (12.0)
Yes	297 (49.3)
Maybe	233 (38.7)

^aSingle respondent may have opted for more than one option as checkbox options were given in the questionnaire.