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INTRODUCTION: Although urinary incontinence does not cause mortality, it is a global health problem that adversely affects the quality of life and health of women. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of the studies investigating the effect of telehealth given to women with urinary incontinence (UI) on the severity of incontinence. METHODS: The literature review for this systematic review was conducted between August-Semptember 2023 using four electronic databases. Y-based articles were scanned using MeSH-based keywords. Randomized Controlled Trials conducted over the last decade were included in the screening. RESULTS: The analysis included six studies involving 826 women with UI. After telehealth intervention, there was a significant difference in UI symptom severity (MD: -2.14 95% CI: -2.67 to -1.62, Z=8.03, p<0.00001) and quality of life (SMD: -2.14 95% CI: -2.67 to -1.62, Z=8.03, p<0.00001) compared to the control groups. It had no effect on sexuality (MD: -4.65 95% CI: -9.60 to 0.30, Z=1.84, p=0.07), and anxiety (SMD: -0.15, 95% CI: -0.38 to 0.08, Z=1.27, p=0.21). CONCLUSION: In this analysis, it was found that telehealth interventions performed on women with UI increased the quality of life while reducing the severity of incontinence in women, but had no effect on sexuality, and anxiety.
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Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic , Severity of Illness Index , Telemedicine , Urinary Incontinence , Humans , Urinary Incontinence/therapy , Female , Quality of LifeABSTRACT
Este trabajo describe la experiencia de los profesionales de salud mental que atendieron en la línea 0800 1920 de Apoyo Emocional, implementada por el gobierno durante la emergencia sanitaria decretada en marzo de 2020, frente a la pandemia de covid-19. Como objetivo general se considera transmitir, describir y explorar esta experiencia realizada en un momento de fuerte impacto social. Asimismo, se propone analizar su utilidad como recurso para la atención en un nivel primario de la salud mental poblacional y su posible función una vez superada la pandemia. Se entrevista a profesionales de la salud mental que participaron de forma voluntaria en la línea y en el presente estudio, recabando sus opiniones sobre los beneficios que presta la línea. Se concluye que la demanda de la población muestra una necesidad de escucha, contención y orientación que va más allá de la covid-19 y que la línea cumple una labor de apoyo emocional, por lo que se valora su continuidad pospandemia. El estudio, que abarca el período abril a diciembre de 2020, es un testimonio de la labor realizada y puede significar un estímulo a futuras investigaciones sistemáticas cualitativas, cuantitativas o mixtas.
This study describes the experience of mental health professionals that staffed the 0800 1920 Emotional Support Helpline launched during the COVID-19 sanitary emergency declared by the Uruguayan government in March 2020. Its aim is to share, describe and explore this experience that took place at a time of strong social impact. Its usefulness as a tool for mental health primary care and future applications once the pandemic is over is also analyzed. Mental health professional volunteers were interviewed and gave their opinion regarding this line's benefits. The conclusion is that people's need of listening, counseling and guidance goes beyond COVID-19; the line provides emotional support and therefore its postpandemic continuity is evaluated. The study, which goes from April to December 2020, may stimulate future qualitative, quantitative or mixed research.
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Humans , Primary Health Care , Telemedicine , Mental Health Assistance , Evaluation Study , COVID-19/epidemiologyABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION: Technical issues related to continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII), associated or not with continuous glucose monitoring (SAP), are handled by tele-technical assistance from the manufacturer. We analyze the characteristics of the most demanding patients of technical teleassistance. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) in treatment with CSII or SAP, who made use of technical teleassistance from 01/01/2017 to 02/28/2021 (2298 consultations) were included. We selected the group of patients who made ≥10 calls (90th percentile, P90) and the one who made a single call (10th percentile, P10). The number and most frequent reasons for consultation, clinical characteristics and HbA1c were collected and both groups were compared. RESULTS: 51 patients (P90) made a total of 876 calls (38.1% of calls), 32 used SAP. The most frequent reason for consultation was related to continuous glucose monitoring (36.8%). 51 (P10) made 51 calls (2.2%), 3 used SAP. The most frequent reason for consultation was related to device damage (25.5%). The most demanding patients used SAP more frequently (62.7 vs. 5.9%, Pâ¯<â¯.001), had been in advanced treatment for less time (7.1⯱â¯5.5 vs. 12.1⯱â¯6.2 years, Pâ¯<â¯.001) and their HbA1c was lower (7.2⯱â¯0.9 vs 7.6⯱â¯0.8%). CONCLUSIONS: Most of the calls to the technical teleassistance service for ISCI/SAP devices come from a more demanding group of people with T1D. The greatest demand is concentrated in patients who use SAP, with a shorter time of use of advanced therapy and a better degree of glucose control.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 , Remote Consultation , Humans , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/drug therapy , Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring , Blood Glucose , Insulin Infusion Systems , Insulin/therapeutic use , TechnologyABSTRACT
Objetivo: Esse estudo objetivou levantar e caracterizar as aplicações de healthbots em língua portuguesa, considerando seus papéis na transformação digital da jornada do paciente. Métodos: Revisão de literatura narrativa pela qual se investigou a acessibilidade e a objetividade das aplicações, tendo o paciente como usuário final. Os artigos foram analisados quanto ao uso de bots, tecnologias da informação e dispositivos utilizados, objetivo das aplicações, área médica de intervenção e disciplinaridade no desenvolvimento das soluções. Resultados: De treze artigos selecionados na busca contendo aplicações com automatização de tarefas, apenas cinco descreveram a utilização de bots. Conclusão: Os healthbots possuem potencial para promover o aprimoramento da jornada do paciente. Contudo, o desenvolvimento e o emprego de tais aplicações ainda não estão difundidos no Brasil.
Objective: This study aimed to raise and characterize the applications of healthbots in Portuguese, considering their roles in the digital transformation of the patient's journey. Methods: Review of narrative literature through which the accessibility and objectivity of the applications were investigated, with the patient as the end user. The articles were analyzed regarding the use of bots, information technologies and devices used, purpose of applications, medical area of intervention and disciplinary action in the development of solutions. Results: Of thirteen articles selected in the search containing applications with task automation, only five described the use of bots. Conclusion: Healthbots have the potential to improve the patient journey. However, the development and use of such applications are still not widespread in Brazil.
Objetivo: Este estudio tuvo como objetivo plantear y caracterizar las aplicaciones de los healthbots en portugués, considerando sus roles en la transformación digital del viaje del paciente. Métodos: Revisión de literatura narrativa mediante la cual se investigó la accesibilidad y objetividad de las aplicaciones, con el paciente como usuario final. Los artículos fueron analizados en cuanto al uso de bots, tecnologías y dispositivos de información utilizados, finalidad de las aplicaciones, área médica de intervención y acción disciplinaria en el desarrollo de soluciones. Resultados: De trece artículos seleccionados en la búsqueda que contienen aplicaciones con automatización de tareas, solo cinco describieron el uso de bots. Conclusión: los Healthbots tienen el potencial de mejorar el viaje del paciente. Sin embargo, el desarrollo y uso de tales aplicaciones aún no está muy extendido en Brasil.
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Medical Informatics , Telemedicine , Information Technology , Primary Health Care , Professional-Patient Relations , Brazil , Education, Distance , Telemonitoring , Telescreening, MedicalABSTRACT
Resumen Introducción: la aplicación de la telemedicina permite asegurar la atención sanitaria en el contexto de la pandemia por COVID-19. Objetivo: evaluar la telemedicina para el monitoreo de pacientes con nutrición enteral domiciliaria. Materiales y Método: estudio transversal, observacional y descriptivo, con muestreo no probabilístico intencional entre enero y junio de 2020. Se incluyeron pacientes con dificultad para acceder al cuidado domiciliario de profesionales en forma presencial. Todos los pacientes tenían seguro médico, sistema de emergencias a domicilio y un centro asistencial de referencia para derivación. Fueron excluidos pacientes que obligatoriamente necesitaban seguimiento presencial, imposibilidad de comunicación con familiar a cargo y negativa del paciente/familia a la modalidad remota. Variables: edad, sexo, diagnóstico médico, valoración global subjetiva (VGS) en las distintas comunicaciones con el paciente, adherencia a la indicación nutricional, satisfacción del paciente y complicaciones. Se realizó una encuesta telefónica de satisfacción. Las complicaciones se clasificaron en relacionadas y no relacionadas con el soporte nutricional enteral domiciliario (SNED). Resultados: se incluyeron 18 pacientes con diversos diagnósticos médicos. Se realizaron 80 comunicaciones con un total de 2370 días de seguimiento (131,7 ± 63,7 días/paciente), VGS inicial (n=18): 27,7% (n=5) estaba bien nutrido, 61,1% (n=11) en riesgo de desnutrición y 11,1% (n=2) presentaba desnutrición severa. En las 80 comunicaciones, el 97,5% (n=78) cumplió al 100% la prescripción nutricional y el 2,5% (n=2) la respetó en un 50%. Al finalizar el estudio, todos lograron cumplirla. Se observaron 15 eventos adversos: 13 relacionados con el SNED y 2 no relacionados. Dos pacientes fallecieron durante el seguimiento a causa de su patología de base. Satisfacción: el 72,2% (n=13) definió la atención general como muy buena, y el 27,7% (n=5) como excelente. En relación a la atención profesional se encontró que el 22,2% (n=4) la categorizó como excelente, 66,6% (n=12) muy buena y el 11,1% (n=2) buena. Conclusiones: la telemedicina es útil para monitorear el SNED permitiendo disminuir la inequidad geográfica y mejorar la accesibilidad a los cuidados de salud.
Abstract Introduction. telemedicine guarantees health care in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective: to evaluate telemedicine for monitoring patients with home enteral nutrition. Materials and methods: an observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study, with intentional non-probability sampling, was conducted between January and June, 2020. The patients included were the ones with difficulty to have access to home care by professionals face-to-face. All the patients had health insurance, a home emergency service and a referral center. Patients who necessarily needed face-to-face follow-up, impossibility of communication with a family member in charge, and refusal of the patient / family to the remote modality were excluded. Variables: age, gender, diagnosis, subjective global assessment (SGA) in the different communications with the patient, adherence to nutritional indication, patient satisfaction and complications. A telephone satisfaction survey was conducted. Complications were classified as related and unrelated to home enteral nutritional support (SNED). Results: 18 patients with various medical diagnoses were included. 80 communications were made with a total of 2370 days of follow-up (131.7 ± 63.7 days / patient). SGA (n = 80): 33.75% (n = 27) were well nourished, 58.75% (n = 47) at risk of malnutrition, and 7.5% (n = 6) had severe malnutrition. 97.5% (n = 78) complied 100% with the nutritional prescription and 2.5% (n = 2) respected it by 50%. At the end of the study, all were able to fulfil it. 15 adverse events were observed: 8 related to SNED and 7 unrelated. Two patients died during follow-up due to their underlying pathology. Satisfaction: 72.22% (n = 13) defined general care as very good, and 27.78% (n = 5) as excellent. In relation to professional care, it was found that 22.22% (n = 4) categorized it as excellent, 66.67% (n = 12) very good and 11.11% (n = 2) good. Conclusion: Telemedicine is useful to monitor the SNED, allowing to reduce geographic inequity and improve accessibility to health care.
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Home Care Services , Nutritional Support , COVID-19ABSTRACT
With the current pandemic, there is now the possibility of using technological tools, such as teleconsultation or remote consultation. In rural or even semi-urban areas, access to medical services may be restricted due to transportation problems. In other places access to the consultations is limited to avoid contagion from the patient or healthcare personnel. This is why technological solutions are used to allow us to monitor our patients remotely, especially in the case of chronic patients, or as a form of triage to potential patients with coronavirus. Unfortunately, this type of system has not been used with the same continuity as in other countries, and very often our health personnel do not know the correct way to carry out a teleconsultation (by phone or video). With this document, an initial guide is presented on how to make a teleconsultation in Primary Care.
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Family Practice/methods , Primary Health Care/methods , Remote Consultation/methods , Algorithms , COVID-19/prevention & control , Clinical Decision-Making/methods , Health Services Accessibility , Humans , Physician-Patient Relations , Telephone , VideoconferencingABSTRACT
Este artículo presenta un análisis discursivo de la identidad de lugar en usuarios de teleasistencia domiciliaria. Dicho análisis es parte de los resultados de dos proyectos de investigación interesados por el cuidado de las personas mayores y dependientes en España. Los datos analizados se extraen de un conjunto de diez grupos de discusión llevados a cabo en Cataluña durante 2009 (n=62). A partir del rastreo del uso que los participantes hacen de una frase hecha ("no hay lugar como el hogar"), se propone un examen secuencial y detallado de los datos inspirado en el análisis conversacional y la psicología discursiva. Este examen resalta el carácter co-producido de la identidad de lugar y llama la atención sobre diferentes herramientas discursivas que los participantes emplean para enfrentar las amenazas que la conversación le plantea a dicha identidad. El resultado es la descripción del contexto en el que se produce una identidad de hogar que da sentido a la preferencia que los participantes muestran por envejecer en casa. Dicha identidad de hogar se presenta como un recurso de orden explicativo y retórico.
This article presents a discourse analysis of place-identity in home telecare users. This analysis is part of the results of two research projects concerned with the care of old and dependent people in Spain. The data analyzed come from a set of ten focus groups conducted in Catalonia in 2009 (n=62). Drawing from tracking the participants' use of a fixed phrase ("there is no place like home"), a sequential and detailed examination of the data inspired by conversation analysis and discursive psychology is proposed. This examination highlights the co-produced nature of place-identity and draws attention to different discursive tools which the participants use to deal with threats that conversation supposes to that identity. The result is the description of the context in which a home-identity that gives meaning to the participants' preference for aging at home is produced. This home-identity is presented as an explanatory and rhetoric resource.
