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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Sociology of Medicine</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Sociology of Medicine</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Социология медицины</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">1728-2810</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2413-2942</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Eco-Vector</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">646213</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17816/socm646213</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">LLFGNQ</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>MEDICAL SOCIOLOGICAL STUDIES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>МЕДИКО-СОЦИОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Perception of telemedicine by patients and physicians as a mode of interaction in the provision of medical care</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Восприятие телемедицины пациентами и врачами как способа их взаимодействия в процессе оказания медицинской помощи</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6328-079X</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">4943-6121</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Romanova</surname><given-names>Tatyana E.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Романова</surname><given-names>Татьяна Евгеньевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD, Cand. Sci. (Medicine), Assistant Professor</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>канд. мед. наук, доцент</p></bio><email>romanova_te@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Privolzhsky Research Medical University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Приволжский исследовательский медицинский университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="preprint" iso-8601-date="2025-06-19" publication-format="electronic"><day>19</day><month>06</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-10-20" publication-format="electronic"><day>20</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>24</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>102</fpage><lpage>107</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-01-14"><day>14</day><month>01</month><year>2025</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2025-02-11"><day>11</day><month>02</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Eco-Vector</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Эко-Вектор</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Eco-Vector</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Эко-Вектор</copyright-holder></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://rjsocmed.com/1728-2810/article/view/646213">https://rjsocmed.com/1728-2810/article/view/646213</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p><bold>BACKGROUND:<italic> </italic></bold>The digital transformation of healthcare is a strategic direction of sectoral development. At the same time, issues related to the provision of medical care under the new conditions of a virtual model, as well as the the behavioral features of patients and physicians in the process of providing medical services using remote technologies, remain relevant for study.</p> <p><bold>AIM:<italic> </italic></bold>The work aimed to assess the perception of telemedicine by patients and physicians residing in urban and rural areas as a mode of their interaction in the provision of medical care.</p> <p><bold>METHODS: </bold>The study was conducted in medical organizations of the Nizhny Novgorod Region using author-designed questionnaires administered to patients and physicians. A total of 507 patients and 202 physicians participated in the study.</p> <p><bold>RESULTS:<italic> </italic></bold>Most patients in all groups were willing to interact remotely with a physician during medical care and believed that telemedicine consultations should develop both in the “physician–patient” and “physician–physician” formats. However, 31.1% ± 4.9% of patients in an urban hospital and 25.0% ± 3.0% of patients in a central district hospital considered telemedicine consultations possible only in the physician–physician format. Among parents bringing children to pediatric outpatient clinics, this proportion was significantly lower—15.8% ± 2.7%.</p> <p>Similar to the patients, more than half of physicians (57.8% ± 3.5%) believed that telemedicine consultations should develop both in the physician–patient and physician–physician formats. At the same time, only 5.0% ± 1.5% of physicians considered the physician–patient format a priority, whereas 27.4% ± 2.0% of patients shared this view. The χ<sup>2</sup> test showed an age-related effect on the perception of telemedicine in both patients (χ<sup>2</sup> = 18.452; <italic>p</italic> = 5.196 × 10⁻³) and physicians (χ<sup>2</sup> = 13.804; <italic>p</italic> = 0.03191).</p> <p><bold>CONCLUSION:<italic> </italic></bold>The findings confirm the readiness of both patients and physicians, regardless of place of residence, to use telemedicine. However, age should be taken into account when implementing telemedicine. Respondents aged 60 years and older expressed greater willingness for digital visits compared with those aged 40–59 years.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p><bold>Обоснование. </bold>Цифровое преобразование здравоохранения является стратегическим направлением развития отрасли, при этом вопросы, связанные с оказанием медицинской помощи в новых условиях виртуальной модели и особенностями поведения пациентов и врачей в процессе оказания медицинских услуг с использованием дистанционных технологий, остаются актуальными для изучения.</p> <p><bold>Цель исследования. </bold>Оценить восприятие телемедицины пациентами и врачами, проживающими в условиях города и сельской местности, как способа их взаимодействия при оказании медицинской помощи.</p> <p><bold>Методы. </bold>Исследование провели в медицинских организациях Нижегородской области методом анкетного опроса пациентов и врачей по авторским анкетам. В исследовании приняли участие 507 пациентов и 202 врача.</p> <p><bold>Результаты. </bold>Большинство опрошенных пациентов всех групп готовы к дистанционному взаимодействию с врачом в процессе получения медицинской помощи и считают, что телемедицинские консультации должны развиваться как по направлению «врач — пациент», так и по направлению «врач — врач». Однако, по мнению (31,1±4,9)% пациентов городского стационара и (25,0±3,0)% пациентов центральной районной больницы, телемедицинские консультации возможны только в формате «врач — врач». Среди родителей, приводящих детей на приём в детские поликлиники, доля таких респондентов была значимо ниже — (15,8±2,7)%.</p> <p>Как и в группе пациентов, более половины врачей (57,8±3,5)% считают, что телемедицинские консультации должны развиваться как в направлении «врач — пациент», так и в направлении «врач — врач». При этом лишь (5,0±1,5)% врачей считают приоритетным формат «врач —пациент», тогда как среди пациентов эту точку зрения разделяют (27,4±2,0)%. Тест χ<sup>2</sup> показал влияние возрастного фактора на восприятие телемедицины как в группе пациентов (χ<sup>2</sup>=18,452; <italic>р</italic>=5,196×10<sup>−3</sup>), так и врачей (χ<sup>2</sup>=13,804; <italic>р</italic>=0,03191).</p> <p><bold>Заключение. </bold>Полученные данные подтверждают готовность пациентов и врачей, независимо от места их проживания, к использованию телемедицины. Однако при внедрении телемедицины необходимо учитывать фактор возраста. При этом группа респондентов 60 лет и старше высказали большую готовность к цифровым визитам, чем группа 40–59-летних.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>telemedicine</kwd><kwd>telemedicine services</kwd><kwd>physician–patient relationship</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>телемедицина</kwd><kwd>телемедицинские услуги</kwd><kwd>взаимоотношения врача и пациента</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Vladzymyrskyy AV. The first 150 years of a telemedicine history. Russian Journal of Telemedicine and E-Health. 2015;1(1):10–16. EDN: YSHPJP</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Jiang S, Liu PL, Chia CWJ. Can online patient-provider communication improve emotional well-being? Examining the roles of social presence and patient empowerment. 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