20.500.12556/RUL-167421 Perceptions of patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals toward telemedicine use for cognitive and movement disorders in the Aegean Islands, Greece a pilot study of the SI4CARE European project Background: Patients with neurodegenerative diseases who live in remote areas often have limited access to specialized healthcare, and telemedicine represents a useful solution. The aim of this study was to investigate the perceptions toward the use of a specialized-tertiary telemedicine service of patients with cognitive and movement disorders, caregivers, and local healthcare professionals (HPs) in the Aegean Islands. Methods: Data were derived from the "Specialized Outpatient Clinic of Memory, Dementia and Parkinson’s disease through the National Telemedicine Network", March 2021 March 2023. The survey included 10 questions (5-point Likert scale). Results: We received 64 questionnaires (25 patients, 18 caregivers, 21 HPs). Most participants positively perceived all aspects of telemedicine, including comfort (mean ± standard deviation: patients 4.5 ± 0.9, caregivers: 4.8 ± 0.5, HPs: 4.6 ± 0.7), access to specialized care (4.7 ± 0.6, 4.7 ± 0.5, 4.9 ± 0.4), number of transportations (4.6 ± 0.8, 4.6 ± 0.9, 4.8 ± 0.5), adequacy of follow-up (4.6 ± 0.7, 4.4 ± 0.8, 4.2 ± 0.7), future telemedicine selection (4.8 ± 0.4, 4.8 ± 0.4, 4.6 ± 0.6), perceived reliable medical assessment (4.7 ± 0.5, 4.6 ± 0.6, 4.3 ± 0.6), information delivery (4.7 ± 0.6, 4.6 ± 0.5, 4.4 ± 0.9), health status improvement (4.6 ± 0.7, 4.6 ± 0.6, 4.0 ± 0.7), cost (4.6 ± 1, 4.6 ± 1, 5.0 ± 0.2), and general satisfaction (4.8 ± 0.4, 4.7 ± 0.5, 4.5 ± 0.6). The commonest recommendations were more frequent visits, medical specialties, and dissemination of information. Conclusions: The positive perception of participants highlights the value of telemedicine for specialized healthcare for neurodegenerative disorders, especially in remote areas. telemedicine teleneurology Alzheimer’s disease Parkinson’s disease dementia cognitive impairment movement disorders telehealth telecare odzivi zdravstvenega sistema pandemija izzivi zdravstvenega sistema dostopnost Grčija zdravstveno varstvo telemedicina true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2025-02-20 17:00:51 2025-02-20 17:03:37 2025-02-21 03:56:53 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 21 str. iss. 1, article no. 3 Vol. 9 2024 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 614 2308-3417 10.3390/geriatrics9010003 179655171 https://www.mdpi.com/2308-3417/9/1/3 1 fbc2e49f-efa2-11ef-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=199847 geriatrics-09-00003.pdf geriatrics-09-00003.pdf 1 CBE010FD755F99143C956EC9B24697C2 93a93defa20025e8bf0e24ab90e9eec82b33fcfeb9ca3213f99ff2e5c9a64343 4299e83b-efa3-11ef-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=199848 Ekonomska fakulteta 0 0 0