Rajeev Soni, Sudhanshu Kacker, Neha Saboo
A study to evaluate the burden of hearing loss and its correlation with risk factors among high-risk infants at a teaching institution, Jaipur
Journal of family medicine and primary care
telemedicine offers significant benefits remain substantial knowledge gaps literature particularly regarding use saudi arabia study aims explore health consumers behavioral intention use telemedicine examining associated factors ehealth literacy attitudes toward telemedicine services crosssectional observational study conducted collect data demographics health status internet skills attitudes toward telemedicine ehealth literacy online survey administered two large public gatherings riyadh ehealspl scale used measure perceived ehealth literacy levels data analysis performed using spss ibm corp united states 385 participants equal distribution genders largest age group 1820 years old 57 nearly half participants neither employed students 43 access governmental hospitals employment 71 reported proficiency using internet healthwise 47 rated health excellent 56 medical insurance 87 expressed high likelihood using telemedicine offered provider participants categorized based ehealth literacy scores 54 scoring low 46 scoring high overall participants showed positive attitudes toward telemedicine 82 agreeing saves time money provides access specialized care half participants perceived process seeing doctor telemedicine video complex ehealth literacy attitudes toward telemedicine showed statistically significant association intention use telemedicine p 0001 positive significant correlation ehealth literacy attitudes 0460 p 0001 multivariate ordinal regression analysis revealed odds high likelihood intention use telemedicine significantly increased positive attitudes p 0001 mediation analysis confirmed significant mediating role attitudes toward telemedicine relationship ehealth literacy intention use telemedicine findings underline importance enhancing health literacy consumer attitudes toward telemedicine particularly healthcare digital transformation experiencing globally crucial promoting increased acceptance utilization telemedicine services beyond covid19 pandemic