Serpil Kolunsağ, Aysun Ardıç
Health Literacy of Caregivers
Home healthcare now
telemedicine useful tool decreasing hospital stress patient suffering ambulance needs hospital anxiety costs improving standard care nonetheless lack awareness regarding telemedicine poses barrier application presenting several difficulties underdeveloped nations like ethiopia review evaluates ethiopianspecific telemedicine knowledge associated factors systematic review conducted using search several online databases addition main databases like medline pubmed scopus science direct writers looked reviewed summarized information telemedicine knowledge healthcare system study contained seven studies examined telemedicine knowledge ethiopian healthcare sector studies followed preferred reporting items systematic review metaanalysis protocols prisma found using search engines investigation carried using stata version 11 indicator heterogeneity i2 used assess level heterogeneity among included studies funnel plot visually inspected eggers regression test run check publication bias pooled effect size every study estimated using randomeffect model metaanalysis examination 2160 studies seven studies involving 2775 health professionals seven 2160 publications assessed satisfied inclusion criteria added systematic review metaanalysis pooled prevalence telemedicine knowledge 4520 95 ci 34875553 whereas pooled factor computer training 224 times aor 224 95 ci 164308 computer access 207 times aor 207 95 ci 150287 internet access 309 times aor 309 95 ci 134713 social media access 309 times aor 30995 ci 134713 educational status degree 273 times aor 273 95 ci 085882 awareness 318 times aor 318 95 ci 102991 management support 185 aor 185 95 ci 0125275 computer literacy 290 times aor 290 95 ci 181464 computer owner 170 times aor 170 95 ci 105276 male gender 195 times aor 195 95 ci 132287 overall pooled prevalence telemedicine knowledge low gender education management support computer access social media access internet access telemedicine awareness telemedicine training associated telemedicine knowledge