TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Aged, 80 and over
KW - Feasibility Studies
KW - Female
KW - Health Services Accessibility
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Mental Health Services
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Midwestern United States
KW - Patient Satisfaction
KW - Primary Health Care
KW - Questionnaires
KW - Remote Consultation
KW - Rural Population
KW - Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/diagnosis/psychology/therapy
KW - Urban Population
AU - A. L. Grubaugh
AU - G. D. Cain
AU - J. D. Elhai
AU - S. L. Patrick
AU - B. C. Frueh
A1 - 
AB - Adequate health care services are often not available in rural and remote areas, and this problem is expected to grow worse in the near future. "Telehealth" interventions represent a strategy for addressing access to care problems. We examined and compared attitudes toward medical and mental health care delivered via telehealth applications among adult rural (n = 112) and urban (n = 78) primary care patients. We also examined attitudes toward telehealth applications among a subset of patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)--a group likely in need of specialized services. Both urban and rural patients were receptive to receiving medical and psychiatric services via telehealth. There were few meaningful differences across variables between urban and rural patients, and there were no meaningful differences by PTSD status. These findings support the feasibility of telehealth applications, particularly for rural patients who may not otherwise receive needed services.
BT - The Journal of nervous and mental disease
C5 - HIT & Telehealth
CP - 2
CY - United States
DO - 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318162aa2d
IS - 2
JF - The Journal of nervous and mental disease
N2 - Adequate health care services are often not available in rural and remote areas, and this problem is expected to grow worse in the near future. "Telehealth" interventions represent a strategy for addressing access to care problems. We examined and compared attitudes toward medical and mental health care delivered via telehealth applications among adult rural (n = 112) and urban (n = 78) primary care patients. We also examined attitudes toward telehealth applications among a subset of patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)--a group likely in need of specialized services. Both urban and rural patients were receptive to receiving medical and psychiatric services via telehealth. There were few meaningful differences across variables between urban and rural patients, and there were no meaningful differences by PTSD status. These findings support the feasibility of telehealth applications, particularly for rural patients who may not otherwise receive needed services.
PP - United States
PY - 2008
SN - 1539-736X; 0022-3018
SP - 166
EP - 170
EP - 
T1 - Attitudes toward medical and mental health care delivered via telehealth applications among rural and urban primary care patients
T2 - The Journal of nervous and mental disease
TI - Attitudes toward medical and mental health care delivered via telehealth applications among rural and urban primary care patients
U1 - HIT & Telehealth
U2 - 18277227
U3 - 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318162aa2d
VL - 196
VO - 1539-736X; 0022-3018
Y1 - 2008
ER -