Forty-three rural Kentucky families who obtained child psychiatry
consultation during the initial eight months of the University of
Kentucky's telemedicine program completed questionnaires assessing their
satisfaction with telemedicine. Respondents were 46 parents and nine
children. All respondents reported that they were very satisfied with the
consultation; all of the children and 98 percent of the parents reported
that they were as satisfied with the telemedicine consultation as with an
in-person visit. Few respondents reported nervousness about using the
equipment. These results suggest that child psychiatry consultation via
telemedicine provides high levels of satisfaction for both children and
adults.
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