Patient perspectives on social-media-delivered telemedicine for inflammatory bowel disease

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Table 1.

Types of interactions patients would like with their physician over social media

What extent would you like a physician to be able to interact with you via social media?	Number of patients who responded ‘yes’ (percentage)
Be able to interact on a one-to-one basis if you request it	55 (49.1%)
Be able to read and answer patient questions in dedicated social media groups	46 (41.1%)
Be able to give information to specific social media groups	37 (33.0%)
Be able to join specific groups and interact with any group member	35 (31.3%)
Be able to interact and view your information on social media sites where other members could do the same	35 (31.3%)
Have no interaction at all	31 (27.7%)

Table 2.

Patient reasons against using social media delivered telemedicine

Reasons why you would not like social media delivered telemedicine	Number of patients who responded ‘yes’ (percentage)
Don't believe your medical condition will be effectively treated	11 (9.8%)
Don't believe quality of care provided will be adequate	10 (8.9%)
Don't believe personal patient data will be adequately protected	10 (8.9%)
Not confident enough with your ability to use telemedicine software	4 (3.6%)