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Validation of a Short Questionnaire to Assess Healthcare Professionals’ Perceptions of Asynchronous Telemedicine Services: The Catalan Version of the Health Optimum Telemedicine Acceptance Questionnaire

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  • Josep Vidal-Alaball

    (Health Promotion in Rural Areas Research Group, Gerència Territorial de la Catalunya Central, Institut Català de la Salut, 08272 Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain
    Unitat de Suport a la Recerca de la Catalunya Central, Fundació Institut Universitari per a la Recerca a l’Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina, 08272 Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain
    Department of Economics and Business, Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya, 08500 Vic, Spain)

  • Gemma Flores Mateo

    (Unitat d’anàlisi i Qualitat, Xarxa Sanitària i Social de Santa Tecla, 43003 Tarragona, Spain)

  • Josep Lluís Garcia Domingo

    (Department of Economics and Business, Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya, 08500 Vic, Spain)

  • Xavier Marín Gomez

    (Health Promotion in Rural Areas Research Group, Gerència Territorial de la Catalunya Central, Institut Català de la Salut, 08272 Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain
    Unitat de Suport a la Recerca de la Catalunya Central, Fundació Institut Universitari per a la Recerca a l’Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina, 08272 Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain)

  • Glòria Sauch Valmaña

    (Health Promotion in Rural Areas Research Group, Gerència Territorial de la Catalunya Central, Institut Català de la Salut, 08272 Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain
    Unitat de Suport a la Recerca de la Catalunya Central, Fundació Institut Universitari per a la Recerca a l’Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina, 08272 Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain)

  • Anna Ruiz-Comellas

    (Health Promotion in Rural Areas Research Group, Gerència Territorial de la Catalunya Central, Institut Català de la Salut, 08272 Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain
    Centre d’Atenció Primària Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, Gerència Territorial de la Catalunya Central, Institut Català de la Salut, 08250 Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, Spain)

  • Francesc López Seguí

    (TIC Salut Social–Generalitat de Catalunya, 08005 Barcelona, Spain
    CRES&CEXS–Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 08002 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Francesc García Cuyàs

    (Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Digital Care Research Group, Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya, 08500 Vic, Spain)

Abstract

Telemedicine is both effective and able to provide efficient care at a lower cost. It also enjoys a high degree of acceptance among users. The Technology Acceptance Model proposed is based on the two main concepts of ease of use and perceived usefulness and is comprised of three dimensions: the individual context, the technological context and the implementation or organizational context. At present, no short, validated questionnaire exists in Catalonia to evaluate the acceptance of telemedicine services amongst healthcare professionals using a technology acceptance model. This article aims to statistically validate the Catalan version of the EU project Health Optimum telemedicine acceptance questionnaire. The study included the following phases: adaptation and translation of the questionnaire into Catalan and psychometric validation with construct (exploratory factor analysis), consistency (Cronbach’s alpha) and stability (test–retest) analysis. After deleting incomplete responses, calculations were made using 33 participants. The internal consistency measured with the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was good with an alpha coefficient of 0.84 (95%, CI: 0.79–0.84). The intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.93 (95% CI: 0.852–0.964). The Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin test of sampling showed to be adequate (KMO = 0.818) and the Bartlett test of sphericity was significant (Chi-square 424.188; gl = 28; p < 0.001). The questionnaire had two dimensions which accounted for 61.2% of the total variance: quality and technical difficulties relating to telemedicine. The findings of this study suggest that the validated questionnaire has robust statistical features that make it a good predictive model of healthcare professional’s satisfaction with telemedicine programs.

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  • Josep Vidal-Alaball & Gemma Flores Mateo & Josep Lluís Garcia Domingo & Xavier Marín Gomez & Glòria Sauch Valmaña & Anna Ruiz-Comellas & Francesc López Seguí & Francesc García Cuyàs, 2020. "Validation of a Short Questionnaire to Assess Healthcare Professionals’ Perceptions of Asynchronous Telemedicine Services: The Catalan Version of the Health Optimum Telemedicine Acceptance Questionnai," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(7), pages 1-10, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:7:p:2202-:d:336981
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    1. Josep Vidal-Alaball & Jordi Franch-Parella & Francesc Lopez Seguí & Francesc Garcia Cuyàs & Jacobo Mendioroz Peña, 2019. "Impact of a Telemedicine Program on the Reduction in the Emission of Atmospheric Pollutants and Journeys by Road," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(22), pages 1-7, November.
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