Technology Use Among Patients in a Nonurban Southern U.S. HIV Clinic in 2015

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العنوان: Technology Use Among Patients in a Nonurban Southern U.S. HIV Clinic in 2015
المؤلفون: Karen S. Ingersoll, Lee M. Ritterband, Rebecca Dillingham, Ava Lena Waldman, Mahlatse B Modipane, Linda Bullock
بيانات النشر: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2016.
سنة النشر: 2016
مصطلحات موضوعية: Gerontology, Adult, Male, business.product_category, 020205 medical informatics, Adolescent, education, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Health Informatics, HIV Infections, 02 engineering and technology, medicine.disease_cause, Health Services Accessibility, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, 0302 clinical medicine, Infectious disease clinic, Sex Factors, Health Information Management, Intervention (counseling), 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, medicine, Internet access, Humans, Mobile technology, 030212 general & internal medicine, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Internet, Internet use, business.industry, Computers, Racial Groups, Age Factors, Virginia, Survey research, General Medicine, Middle Aged, Telemedicine, Computers, Handheld, The Internet, Female, Smartphone, business, Brief Communications
الوصف: Background: Behavioral interventions can be delivered over the Internet, but nonurban subpopulations living with HIV may still have inadequate Internet access to make this feasible. Methods: We report on a survey conducted in 2015 among 150 patients receiving care at a university-based Infectious Disease Clinic serving a nonurban and rural population in central Virginia. Our aim was to determine the rate of computer, tablet, and smartphone usage, as well as Internet access, to inform the delivery of a novel intervention using Internet and mobile technology. Results: The participants' mean age was 46; 111 patients used computers, 101 used smartphones, and 41 used tablets. The results showed that 87% of patients had Internet access. Of those, 49 reported daily Internet use, while 18% reported weekly Internet use, and 33% reported less frequent Internet use. Conclusions: The survey study data suggest that Internet access among nonurban and rural patients with HIV is adequate to support trials testing Internet-delivered interventions. It is time to develop and deliver Internet interventions tailored for this often isolated subpopulation.
اللغة: English
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::d6d0ae5fc13ce50c92773eb744948e1e
https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5107675/
Rights: OPEN
رقم الانضمام: edsair.doi.dedup.....d6d0ae5fc13ce50c92773eb744948e1e
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE