PMID- 33271730
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20201214
LR  - 20231112
IS  - 1876-2026 (Electronic)
IS  - 1876-2018 (Print)
IS  - 1876-2018 (Linking)
VI  - 54
DP  - 2020 Dec
TI  - Acceptance of e-consult for Substance Use Disorders during the COVID 19 pandemic: 
      A study from India.
PG  - 102451
LID - S1876-2018(20)30564-5 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102451 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVES: The COVID 19 pandemic has created challenges in providing timely care 
      for patients and families with Substance Use disorders (SUDs). With the 
      difficulties in face-to-face consultations because of social distancing measures, 
      telepsychiatry services can be beneficial. The study proposes implementing an 
      e-consult for SUD management and measuring its acceptability among the health 
      care providers (HCPs) in India. METHODS: The mobile-based e-consult for SUD, 
      connecting HCPs with addiction specialists, was implemented during the COVID 
      lockdown period in India from 25 March to 31 May (71 days). A total of 153 HCPs, 
      i.e., doctors, nurses, counselors, consulted for 110 cases of SUD. Sixty-eight 
      provided feedback by filling the survey form derived from the Service User 
      Technology Acceptability Questionnaire (SUTAQ). RESULT: More than 60% of HCPs 
      reported overall high satisfaction. More than 98% providers reported high 
      acceptability concerning"access to specialist care," "trusted to work 
      appropriately", "saving time," "would like torecommend to others," easier to get 
      touch with a specialist." The doctors reported significantly high acceptability 
      about "access to specialist care," "satisfied with recommendations,"recommend to 
      others" compared to other HCPs. CONCLUSION: During COVID 19 pandemic lockdown in 
      India, e-consult was an acceptable tool in managing SUDs. The majority of HCPs 
      could discuss their cases with addiction experts. There is a need to expand this 
      further in other mental health conditions.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Sahu, Prashant
AU  - Sahu P
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences 
      (NIMHANS), Bangalore 29, India.
FAU - Mathur, Akanksha
AU  - Mathur A
AD  - Virtual Knowledge Network-NIMHANS Digital Academy, National Institute of Mental 
      Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore 29, India.
FAU - Ganesh, Aurobind
AU  - Ganesh A
AD  - Virtual Knowledge Network-NIMHANS Digital Academy, National Institute of Mental 
      Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore 29, India.
FAU - Nair, Shruti
AU  - Nair S
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences 
      (NIMHANS), Bangalore 29, India.
FAU - Chand, Prabhat
AU  - Chand P
AD  - Centre for Addiction Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health and 
      Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore 29, India; Virtual Knowledge Network-NIMHANS 
      Digital Academy, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), 
      Bangalore 29, India; Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental 
      Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore 29, India. Electronic address: 
      chand@nimhans.ac.in.
FAU - Murthy, Pratima
AU  - Murthy P
AD  - Centre for Addiction Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health and 
      Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore 29, India; Virtual Knowledge Network-NIMHANS 
      Digital Academy, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), 
      Bangalore 29, India; Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental 
      Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore 29, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20201015
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Asian J Psychiatr
JT  - Asian journal of psychiatry
JID - 101517820
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *COVID-19
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - India
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Pandemics
MH  - *Patient Acceptance of Health Care
MH  - *Remote Consultation
MH  - Substance-Related Disorders/psychology/*therapy
PMC - PMC7557176
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - COVID 19
OT  - Health care providers (HCPs)
OT  - Substance use disorders
OT  - Telepsychiatry
COIS- None
EDAT- 2020/12/05 06:00
MHDA- 2020/12/15 06:00
PMCR- 2020/10/15
CRDT- 2020/12/04 01:00
PHST- 2020/08/30 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/10/05 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/10/11 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/12/04 01:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/12/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/12/15 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/10/15 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S1876-2018(20)30564-5 [pii]
AID - 102451 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102451 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Asian J Psychiatr. 2020 Dec;54:102451. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102451. Epub 2020 
      Oct 15.