CONSUMER SATISFACTION WITH TELEMEDICINE CHILD-PSYCHIATRY CONSULTATIONIN RURAL KENTUCKY

Forty-three rural Kentucky families who obtained child psychiatry cons ultation during the initial eight months of the University of Kentucky 's telemedicine program completed questionnaires assessing their satis faction with telemedicine. Respondents were 46 parents and nine childr en. All respondents reported ted that they were very satisfied with th e consultation; ail of the children and 98 percent of the parents repo rted that they were as satisfied with the telemedicine consultation as with an in-person visit. Few respondents reported nervousness about u sing the equipment. These results suggest that child psychiatry consul tation via telemedicine provides high levels of satisfaction for both children and adults.