Healthcare access and attitudes towards telehealth during the early phase of the COVID‐19 pandemic among an Australian cohort with inflammatory arthritis. Issue 5 (27th May 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rischin, Adam; Liew, David; Black, Rachel; Fletcher, Ashley; Buchbinder, Rachelle; Lassere, Marissa; March, Lyn; Robinson, Philip C.; Hill, Catherine
• Is Part Of: Internal medicine journal. Volume 51:Issue 5(2021)
• Page Start: 788
• Page End: 792
• Publication Date: 2021-05-27
• Subjects: telehealth -- inflammatory arthritis -- healthcare access -- physical health -- mental health -- COVID‐19; Medicine -- Periodicals; 616
• DOI: 10.1111/imj.15309
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1444-0903

Abstract

Abstract: Community restrictions due to COVID‐19 have changed healthcare, including increased telehealth use. During the early pandemic phase, a cohort of Australian patients with inflammatory arthritis was surveyed. Self‐reported access to healthcare was maintained and physical health was more likely to be self‐rated poorly than mental health. There was a high level of support for telehealth during and after the pandemic.