Adoption of UAVs in Medical Applications Opportunities and Barriers in Saudi Arabia
Adoption of UAVs in Medical Applications Opportunities and Barriers in Saudi Arabia
Introduction
Adoption of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for medical application: Opportunities & Barriers
The survey aims to rank the barriers of adopting UAVs in medical applications. The data collected will be used to identify the key barriers and provide possible solutions to deploy the technology for medical purposes in KSA.
General Information
Gender
- Male
- Female
Age
20 or below
21-35
36-50
51 or more
Education level
High school or below
Bachelor
Master
Phd
Nationality
Saudi
Other…..
Employer Type
Government
Private Sector
Student
Retired
- Other….
Housing type
Villa
Flat
Other…
Monthly Income (Saudi Riyals)
5000 or less
5001-12000
12001-20000
20001 or above
the barriers and opportunities from literature for using UAVs in medical applications
Adoption of UAVs in Medical Applications Opportunities and Barriers in Saudi Arabia
Information about UAVs usage in medical application
In your opinion, do you think there is an issue in transporting medical goods, including emergency blood supplies, vaccines, medicines, diagnostic samples, and organs?
- Yes
- No
To what level do you think the current UAVs regulations are safe for medical purposes?
Safe
Partially safe
Risky
Not aware
In your opinion, what is the success percentage of the current conventional transportation systems for medical application?. Success can be defined as delivering medical items on time.
- 10%
- 30%
- 50%
- 70% or more
What do you think the major use for UAVs in Saudi Arabia is?
Monitoring Agriculture lands
Traffic Surveillance
Military
Other…
To increase the utilization of the UAVs, what else do you think could be another efficient use?
Air Quality Measurements
Accessing Urban Area
Damage Assessment During Disaster
Improving Public Health
Other…
Do you think deploying UAVs for medical transportation purposes will help to reach underserve environment (hard-to-reach areas), and reduce the response time?
- Yes
- No
- Maybe
Ranking UAVs barriers in medical application
In your opinion, how would you rate the technical challenge (limited speed, carrying capacity, travelling range and battery life) for using UAVs on a scale of 1-5 where 5 represents extreme challenge while 1 represents no challenge?
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
In your opinion, how would you rate the operation and maintenance challenge for using UAVs on a scale of 1-5 where 5 represents extreme challenge while 1 represents no challenge?
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
In your opinion, how would you rate the regulations and legality challenge for using UAVs on a scale of 1-5 where 5 represents extreme challenge while 1 represents no challenge? (The most challenging barrier so far)
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
In your opinion, how would you rate the public perception and acceptance challenge for using UAVs on a scale of 1-5 where 5 represents extreme challenge while 1 represents no challenge? (The second top challenging barrier)
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
In your opinion, how would you rate psychological effect challenge (the effect on the people who have experience with drones for military) for using UAVs on a scale of 1-5 where 5 represents extreme challenge while 1 represents no challenge?
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
In your opinion, how would you rate the threat to privacy challenge (surveillance and privacy violating rights) for using UAVs on a scale of 1-5 where 5 represents extreme challenge while 1 represents no challenge? (one of the top challenging barrier)
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
In your opinion, how would you rate the threat to security challenge (hacking and cyber-attacks) for using UAVs on a scale of 1-5 where 5 represents extreme challenge while 1 represents no challenge?
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
In your opinion, how would you rate the air traffic congestion challenge for using UAVs on a scale of 1-5 where 5 represents extreme challenge while 1 represents no challenge?
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
In your opinion, how would you rate the economical challenge for using UAVs on a scale of 1-5 where 5 represents extreme challenge while 1 represents no challenge?
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
In your opinion, how would you rate the environmental challenge (CO2 emission, harming wildlife and sound pollution) for using UAVs on a scale of 1-5 where 5 represents extreme challenge while 1 represents no challenge?
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1