Mostafa Mamdouh|Jean Nicolas Westenberg|Fiona Choi|Katarína Tabi|Adel Badawy|Hisham Ramy|Houssam Elsawi|Michael Krausz
Electronic Mental Health as an Option for Egyptian Psychiatry: Cross-Sectional Study
University of British Columbia|Tanta University|University of British Columbia|University of British Columbia|British Columbia Children's Hospital|University of British Columbia|Tanta University|Ain Shams University|Tanta University|University of British Columbia
egypt country nearly 100 million citizens less 1000 registered psychiatrists mental health care system resourced nearly inaccessible majority population addition youth age 25 years represent 50 egyptian citizens however specific services addressing unique needs needs largest population middle east effectively addressed webbased framework option egyptian psychiatrists serve populationthe aims study better understand opinions psychiatrists current state mental health care services egypt current knowledge electronic mental health emh assess attitudes egyptian psychiatrists toward webbased interventions telemedicine mental health identify perceived advantages barriers emh development egypta crosssectional survey conducted online among 640 egyptian psychiatrists included total 36 items within set 16 questions asking emh literacy integrating emh mental health care system perceived priorities barriers emh sampling supported tanta university large academic institution close cairo statistical analysis performed using spss 25 ibm corp descriptive statistics chisquare test independent sample test analysis variance applieda total 188 participants responded response rate 294 542 102188 female 543 102188 30 45 years old less half participants thought current health care system efficient adults 69155 444 even less thought efficient youth 44155 283 almost participants agreed emh would beneficial patient care 147155 948 integrating emh current health care system would good idea 118155 762 highest rated utility webbased solutions documentation followed psychoeducation communication professionals main advantages improve access care rural areas country conveniencethere scarcity mental health resources egypt egyptian psychiatrists interested emh believe webbased platforms become part solution egyptian mental health care system