title: Increased satisfaction of maternity hospital staff involved in fetal telediagnosis.
abstract: Questionnaires were sent to 14 maternity hospital staff members for qualitative assessment at the start of fetal telediagnosis and at the end of the study using a five-point Likert scale: 5, I strongly think so; 4, I think so; 3, I can't decide; 2, I don't think so; 1, I never think so. Ten questionnaires were returned to us (71%). The results showed that the staff reported a significant increase in confidence in performing fetal cardiac screening (score 2.3 at start, 3.4 at study completion; P = 0.034), the rate of score increase rose with the number of telediagnoses (r = 0.72, P < 0.05), feedback from a specialist was very useful (4.4 and 4.9, respectively), and real-time image transmission was preferred over recorded images (score 3.7 vs 2.4, respectively; P = 0.042). The excellent educational effect of telemedicine is useful for staff members to improve their skills while nurturing their motivation, leading to the promotion of fetal cardiac screening in regional areas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hishitani
authors.forename: Fumie
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kawachi
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugamoto
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoshino
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogawa
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006771:Hospitals, Maternity; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017216:Telemedicine
keywords: education; fetal echocardiography; fetal telediagnosis; medical link; questionnaire