Patient Engagement With and Perceptions of the COVIDA Project, a Volunteer-Led Telemonitoring and Teleorientation Service for COVID-19 Community Management: Mixed Methods Study.

Stefan Escobar-Agreda Javier Silva-Valencia Percy Soto-Becerra Christian Mahony Reátegui-Rivera Kelly De la Cruz-Torralva Max Chahuara-Rojas Bruno Hernandez-Iriarte Daniel Hector Espinoza-Herrera Carlos Alberto Delgado Silvana Matassini Javier Vargas-Herrera Leonardo Rojas-Mezarina

Published in: JMIR formative research (2024)

COVIDA represents a well-accepted and well-perceived alternative model for student volunteers to provide telemonitoring, teleorientation, and emotional support to patients with COVID-19 in the context of overwhelmed demand for health care services. The deployment of this kind of intervention should be prioritized among patients with symptoms and comorbidities, as they show more engagement with these services.

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