Research Article
Knowledge, Applicability, and Barriers of Telemedicine in Egypt: A National Survey
Table 1
Demographic and behavioral characteristics of the participants (
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| Variable | No. (%) |
| Age, | | Sex | | Male | 339 (49.4%) | Female | 347 (50.6%) | Residency | | Lower Egypt | 381 (55.5%) | Upper Egypt | 48 (7.0%) | Cairo | 255 (37.2%) | Sinai | 2 (0.3%) | Education | | Postuniversity | 192 (28.0%) | University | 401 (58.5%) | Preuniversity | 81 (11.8%) | Basic | 9 (1.3%) | None | 3 (0.4%) | Job | | Governmental | 243 (35.4%) | Nongovernmental | 105 (15.3%) | Unemployed | 117 (17.1%) | Freelance | 97 (14.1%) | Student | 106 (15.5%) | Wages | 18 (2.6%) | Work hour | | 0 h | 207 (30.2%) | ≤5 h | 61 (8.9%) | 6–10 h | 336 (49.0%) | >10 h | 82 (12.0%) | Comorbidities | | No | 530 (77.3%) | Yes | 156 (22.7%) | Previous use of telemedicine services | | No | 340 (49.6%) | Yes | 346 (50.4%) | Reason for using telemedicine | | Follow-up or showing lab result | 237 (67.3%) | Emergency | 30 (8.5%) | Quarantine | 28 (8.0%) | Multiple | 57 (16.2%) | First telemedicine use | | Never | 280 (40.8%) | After COVID-19 | 121 (17.6%) | Before COVID-19 | 285 (41.5%) | Knowing telemedicine tools | | Mobile apps | 163 (23.7%) | Video or phone calls | 271 (39.5%) | Audio chat | 74 (10.8%) | Multiple | 79 (11.8%) | None | 99 (14.4%) | Preferred telemedicine tools | | Audio chat | 107 (15.6%) | Video or phone calls | 142 (20.7%) | Mobile apps | 320 (44.6%) | Multiple | 15 (2.10%) | None | 102 (14.9%) |
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