Diabetes care during COVID 19: Experience in telemedicine from a developing country

Garcia-Villasante, Eilhart Jorge; Baca-Carrasco, Víctor; Gutierrez-Ortiz, Claudia; Pinedo-Torres, Isabel

doi:10.1016/j.dsx.2020.07.046

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“…Although there are several reports on the use of telemedicine in diabetes patient care, reports of the use of this method during the COVID‐19 pandemic are limited. There have been reports about the efficacy of telemedicine 4‐9 , and some recent reports about the necessity and possibility of telemedicine during the COVID‐19 lockdown 1,10‐16 , but we were unable to find any study evaluating the effect of clinic visit or telemedicine on glucose control among diabetes patients during a lockdown or state of emergency.…”

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Diabetes management by either telemedicine or clinic visit improved glycemic control during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency in Japan

Onishi

Yoshida

Takao

et al. 2021

J of Diabetes Invest

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The purpose of this retrospective cohort study at a Tokyo diabetes clinic was to evaluate the effect of telemedicine and clinic visit on glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) during the coronavirus disease 2019 state of emergency. The effect of telemedicine and clinic visit during the emergency period on the post‐emergency measured HbA1c was evaluated by multiple regression models and logistic regression models adjusted for age, sex, type of diabetes, pre‐emergency HbA1c and body mass index, and body mass index change during the emergency period. Among 2,727 patients who visited the clinic before and after the emergency period, the interval between clinic visits during the emergency period was significantly associated with HbA1c improvement. Telemedicine and clinic visit were independently associated with HbA1c improvement when pre‐emergency HbA1c was ≥7%. In conclusion, clinic visit and telemedicine during the coronavirus disease 2019 emergency period were both independently effective in HbA1c improvement in Japanese diabetes patients who had insufficient HbA1c control.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 87%

Diabetes management by either telemedicine or clinic visit improved glycemic control during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency in Japan

Onishi

Yoshida

Takao

et al. 2021

J of Diabetes Invest

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“…Another reported barrier is that almost 60% of the population in Peru belong to the lowest socioeconomic strata, which prevents them from owning a computer at home or a smartphone with internet connection. 81 This results in a large part of the population lacking the necessary basic technology skills for a teleconsultation. It has been proposed that, in addition to advancing the regulations related to telemedicine, we need to make technology available to the lower socioeconomic strata of Peru.…”

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Telemedicine in Peru as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective from a Country with Limited Internet Access

Álvarez-Risco

Del-Aguila-Arcentales²,

Yáñez

2021

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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The COVID-19 pandemic contributed to the worldwide implementation of telemedicine because of the need for medical care for patients, especially those with chronic diseases. This perspective paper presents the current situation of telemedicine in Peru, showing advances in regulation, cases of successful implementation, and the current challenges. Access to health should be available to all, and more efforts need to be implemented to offer access to the internet to achieve high-quality telemedicine to all the vulnerable groups in Peru.

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“…Unfortunately, telemedicine cannot be within everyone’s reach, and this is another important consideration to be looked upon: possible availability of telemedicine for all the diabetic individuals, all over the world. The adoption of telemedicine for T1D care was very rapid across the United States [ 43 ], and in Europe, but in other Countries or in particular settings, the lack of access to the technology and the unequal coverage of video visits and telephone visits in particular realities may further exacerbate health disparities in diabetes care [ 81 – 83 ].…”

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Telemedicine for the Clinical Management of Diabetes; Implications and Considerations After COVID-19 Experience

Kreutzenberg

2022

High Blood Press Cardiovasc Prev

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Telemedicine is a clinical approach that was seldom used in the day-to-day practice, if not only in certain settings, before the COVID-19 pandemic. As stated by the WHO, telemedicine is: the delivery of health care services, where distance is a critical factor, by all health care professionals using information and communication technologies (ICT) for the exchange of valid information for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease and injuries, …. Telemedicine has actually represented the most useful and employed tool to maintain contacts between patients and physicians during the period of physical distance imposed by the pandemic, especially during the lockdown. Diabetes in particular, a chronic disease that often needs frequent confronting between patient and health professionals has taken advantage of the telehealth approach. Nowadays, technological tools are more and more widely used for the management of diabetes. In this review results obtained by telemendicine application in type 1 and type 2 diabetic individuals during COVID-19 are revised, and future perspectives for telemedicine use to manage diabetes are discussed.

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Diabetes care during COVID 19: Experience in telemedicine from a developing country

Cited by 7 publications

References 4 publications

Diabetes management by either telemedicine or clinic visit improved glycemic control during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency in Japan

Diabetes management by either telemedicine or clinic visit improved glycemic control during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency in Japan

Telemedicine in Peru as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective from a Country with Limited Internet Access

Telemedicine for the Clinical Management of Diabetes; Implications and Considerations After COVID-19 Experience

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