Knowledge, Applicability, and Barriers of Telemedicine in Egypt: A National Survey

Table 3

Comparisons of knowledge, attitude, preference, and barrier scores according to sociodemographic characteristics ().

Variables	No.	Kn score	value	At score	value	Pref score	value	Barri score	value
		Sex						0.890			0.744		0.382		0.006
(i) Male	339
(ii) Female	347
Residence			0.301		0.736		0.202		0.379
(i) Lower Egypt	381
(ii) Upper Egypt	48
(iii) Cairo	255
(iv) Sinai	2
Education			0.015		0.006		0.011		0.006
(i) Postuniversity	192
(ii) University	401
(iii) Preuniversity	81
(iv) Basic	9
(v) None	3
Job			0.034		0.002		0.234		0.519
(i) Governmental	243
(ii) Nongovernmental	105
(iii) Unemployed	117
(iv) Freelance	97
(v) Student	106
(vi) Wages	18
Work hours			0.039		0.117		0.010		0.515
(i) 0 h	207
(ii) ≤5 h	61
(iii) 6–10 h	336
(iv) >10 h	82
Comorbidities			0.585		0.165		0.680		0151
(i) No	530
(ii) Yes	156
Previous use			0.404		0.614		0.256		0.092
(i) No	340
(ii) Yes	346
First use			0.385		0.189		0.389		0.046
(i) Never	280
(ii) Before COVID-19	121
(iii) After COVID-19	285

Kn: knowledge; At: attitude; Pref: preference to use telemedicine; Barri: barriers to use telemedicine.