Khishotul Hayati, Mulyanusa Amarullah Ritonga, Tono Djuwantono
Trends in vacuum and forceps delivery in teaching hospitals and academic health systems in West Java, Indonesia: A retrospective study
SAGE open medicine
backgroundthe covid19 pandemic significantly increased telehealth adoption rural communities experience challenges relating telehealth including shortage clinicians low health literacy mistrust medicine limited technology access yet rural perceptions subject robust study setting study rural midwestern family medicine clinic within academic health systemmethodssurveys given patients age 18 older visiting clinic oneweek period expressed interest contacted semistructured interview descriptive statistics chisquare testing used analyze survey results significant relationships interview transcripts analyzed themesresultsof respondents 27 indicated prior telehealth use likely prefer telehealth visits p 003 perceptions telehealth sorted themes including scope care convenience technology telehealth preferred discussing test results mental health barriers travel time transportation access favored telehealth although convenient telehealth found less effective relationship building absence physical examination phone visits concern phone visits prevalent due failure videobased technologyconclusionsdespite potential address unique challenges rural communities telehealth acceptance poor barriers accessibility technology improved governmental health systemwide measures future work help develop interventions counter negative perceptions telehealth increasing interest uptake rural communities