Table 6.
Association of perception regarding benefits of telemedicine with demographics (N = 602).
| Demography | Bad perception, ≤ 50% scorea, N (%) | Good perception, >50% scorea, N (%) | X 2 | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 3.610 | 0.262 | ||
| 10–19 | 08 (21.1) | 30 (78.9) | ||
| 20–29 | 66 (13.0) | 441 (87.0) | ||
| 30–39 | 03 (6.8) | 41 (93.2) | ||
| >39 | 01 (7.7) | 12 (92.3) | ||
| Gender | 5.747 | 0.017 | ||
| Male | 32 (9.9) | 291 (90.1) | ||
| Female | 46 (16.5) | 233 (83.5) | ||
| Marital status | 1.120 | 0.290 | ||
| Single | 67 (13.6) | 424 (86.4) | ||
| Married | 11 (9.9) | 100 (90.1) | ||
| Residence | 1.366 | 0.243 | ||
| Rural | 13 (9.9) | 118 (90.1) | ||
| Urban | 65 (13.8) | 406 (86.2) | ||
| Education | 3.322 | 0.614 | ||
| No formal | 1 (10.0) | 9 (90.0) | ||
| Primary | 1 (16.7) | 5 (83.3) | ||
| Secondary | 4 (23.5) | 13 (76.5) | ||
| Higher secondary | 12 (11.8) | 90 (88.2) | ||
| Undergraduate | 52 (13.6) | 331 (86.4) | ||
| Postgraduate | 8 (9.5) | 76 (90.5) | ||
| Family income in PKR (USD) | 10.927 | 0.027 | ||
| < 30,000 (135) | 18 (18.4) | 80 (81.6) | ||
| 30,000–60,000 (135–270) | 29 (17.6) | 136 (82.4) | ||
| 60,000–90,000 (270–405) | 8 (7.0) | 107 (93.0) | ||
| 90,000–120,000 (405–540) | 10 (11.4) | 78 (88.6) | ||
| >120,000 (540) | 13 (9.6) | 123 (90.4) | ||
aFive questions of perception regarding the benefits of telemedicine were answered on the Likert scale from 0 (strongly disagree) to 4 (strongly agree). A total score of five questions was in the range of 0–20, and we set a 50% cut-off point. The good perception was above 10 points, whereas the bad perception was 10 or fewer points.