Usefulness, limitations, and parental opinion about teleconsultation for rare pediatric epilepsies.
Epilepsy Behav
; 115: 107656, 2021 02.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-970697
ABSTRACT
AIM:
Evaluation of the usefulness and the parental opinion about teleconsultation (TC) for rare pediatric epilepsies.METHOD:
One-month prospective survey of consecutive TCs. All clinics on site have been turned into TC in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. The physicians quoted all TCs while the parents expressed their opinion though an invitation for an online questionnaire.RESULTS:
We included 151 TCs (145 patients) among the 259 epilepsy TCs done during the study period. The parental questionnaire has been answered 105 times. The physicians felt confident to organize a TC for the next visit of 74.8% of the children, but some limits were identified such as the absence of physical examination, weight, and psychomotor development evaluation. The physicians felt more confident for a new TC in older patients (9.5⯱â¯5.5â¯years versus 5.3⯱â¯4.3â¯years) and in stable patients (73.8% confident for instable, 82.8% for stable). Parents were satisfied with TC feeling that it answered health issues in a better manner than a clinic pinpointing the gain of time and the absence of travel. However, half of them would prefer a clinic for the next appointment.INTERPRETATION:
Teleconsultation seems useful answering the patients' needs according to both physicians and families. Despite some limitations, it is most likely that TCs become a new part of the clinical activities in rare pediatric epilepsy centers.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Parents
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Personal Satisfaction
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Remote Consultation
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Epilepsy
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Epilepsy Behav
Journal subject:
Behavioral Sciences
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Neurology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.yebeh.2020.107656
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