TY  - JOUR
AU  - Ross, Kathryn M
AU  - Hong, Young-Rock
AU  - Krukowski, Rebecca A
AU  - Miller, Darci R
AU  - Lemas, Dominick J
AU  - Cardel, Michelle I
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/6/2
TI  - Acceptability of Research and Health Care Visits During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Survey Study
JO  - JMIR Form Res
SP  - e27185
VL  - 5
IS  - 6
KW  - COVID-19
KW  - health care access
KW  - telehealth
KW  - research recruitment
KW  - telemedicine
KW  - belief
KW  - access
KW  - willingness
KW  - cross-sectional
KW  - survey
AB  - Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a widespread impact on attendance in biomedical research and health care visits. Objective: This study aimed to identify when and how American adults might feel comfortable about resuming in-person research and health care visits. Methods: Cross-sectional questionnaire data were collected from 135 adults (age: median 48 years; women: n=113, 83.7%; White participants: n=92, 68.2%) who were engaged in health-related research. Results: More than half of the respondents (65/122, 53.3%) felt that the COVID-19 pandemic positively affected their desire to participate in research. Although 73.6% (95/129) of respondents also indicated a willingness to attend in-person health care visits while Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines are implemented, 85.8% (109/127) indicated a willingness to attend in-person, outdoor visits, and 92.2% (118/128) reported a willingness to attend drive-through visits (with CDC guidelines implemented during both visit types). Videoconferencing was the most preferred format for intervention visits; however, adults over the age of 65 years preferred this format less than younger adults (P=.001). Conclusions: Researchers and clinicians should continue to provide opportunities for continuing the conduction of remote-based interventions while enforcing CDC guidelines during in-person visits. 
SN  - 2561-326X
UR  - https://formative.jmir.org/2021/6/e27185
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/27185
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34033577
DO  - 10.2196/27185
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/27185
ER  -