Headache patients' satisfaction with telemedicine: a 12-month follow-up randomized non-inferiority trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

We investigated non-acute headache patients' long-term satisfaction with a telemedicine consultation and consultation preferences in northern Norway. We hypothesized that patients were not less satisfied with telemedicine than traditional consultations. We also examined the influence of gender, age and education on satisfaction.

Methods

For 2.5 years, patients were consecutively screened, recruited and randomly assigned to telemedicine or traditional visits with a consultation at a neurological outpatient department. The primary endpoint was frequency of satisfied patients at 3 and 12 months. Secondary endpoints were satisfaction with consultation, communication, information, diagnosis, advice and prescriptions, and preferred visit form at 12 months.

SUBMITTER: Muller KI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5485023 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature