Redesigning Portable Health Clinic Platform as a Remote Healthcare System to Tackle COVID-19 Pandemic Situation in Unreached Communities

Sampa, Masuda Begum; Hoque, Md. Rakibul; Islam, Rafiqul; Nishikitani, Mariko; Nakashima, Naoki; Yokota, Fumihiko; Kikuchi, Kimiyo; Rahman, Moshiur; Shah, Faiz; Ahmed, Ashir

doi:10.3390/ijerph17134709

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“…Soon after the start of the pandemic, triaging was the most widely adopted strategy worldwide to ensure high risk NCD patients continuing access to critical monitoring services and treatments without increasing the risk of COVID-19 contagion at hospitals [ 33 ]. For this purpose, the COVID-19 patient management algorithm published by the WHO might be applicable to NCD patients [ 34 ].…”

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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Patients Affected by Non-Communicable Diseases in Europe and in the USA

Pécout¹,

Pain

Chekroun

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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An international online patient community, Carenity, conducted a patient study in two independent waves among adults affected by non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Europe and in the United States of America (USA). The study aimed to assess the real time impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the medical conditions of patients with NCDs, their access to health care, and their adaptation to daily life as well as to describe their sources of information on COVID-19 and their needs for specific information and support. During the pandemic, 50% of the patients reported a worsening of their medical condition, and 17% developed a new disease. Additionally, 26% of the respondents reported an impact of the pandemic on regular/long-term treatment intake. 54% of the patients felt very or completely socially isolated and reported a strong impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their stress level and state of mind, with higher levels observed in the USA compared to Europe. 59% of the respondents wished to have received additional information regarding the risks associated to their medical condition during the pandemic. Television was the most used source of information, whereas physicians were the most trusted one. This study describes the substantial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on NCD patients.

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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Patients Affected by Non-Communicable Diseases in Europe and in the USA

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Chekroun

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“…The healthcare system of the country experiences a lack of dependability, receptivity and sympathy, which is proved with its inadequate Medicare service delivery to the public (Mohiuddin 2019 ). Besides, medical facilities are usually urban area-centric and rural poor people are deprived of proper treatment with developed medical equipment, good doctors and well-equipped hospitals (Sampa et al 2020 ). Doctors’ panic to treat the Covid-19 patients has been a crucial issue in the healthcare system in Bangladesh.…”

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Creative social media use for Covid-19 prevention in Bangladesh: a structural equation modeling approach

Islam

Ahmed

et al. 2021

Soc. Netw. Anal. Min.

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In recent years, information dissemination has been quicker than earlier years with the sky-high development of diverse social media platforms, e.g., Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, YouTube and so on, which are more used in creative production. This advancement of social media disclosures has numerous merits and demerits to prevent and control contagious diseases like the Covid-19 pandemic. In this respect, this research scrutinizes the role of creative social media use in preventing the Covid-19 outbreak in Bangladesh utilizing the structural equation modeling (SEM) approach. To this end, this study uses an online survey from June to October 2020 engaging 265 ( N = 265) Bangladeshi people as respondents at different ages. The study results establish that creative social media use helps enhance the knowledge of Covid-19 precautions online, and this pertinent knowledge contributes to preventing Covid-19 outbreak in Bangladesh. It implies that creative social media use has a significant indirect effect on Covid-19 prevention, whereas knowledge of Covid-19 precautions online mediates this relationship between creative social media use and Covid-19 prevention. The results also discover that the educational level of the people has a significant direct and positive impact on Covid-19 prevention. Therefore, the study suggests more creative use of social media in preventing the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic in Bangladesh.

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“…Characteristics of technologies in the studies. [13-22,25,26,28,30,31,33,34,36-45,47,49-51,54-59,62-64,66-76,78,79,82-89,92,93,96,97, 99-103,105,107-116,118,119] 29,32,35,46,52,53,60,61,65,77,80,90,95,104,106,117] 17 (15.7) Both[20,25,29,34,41,44,45,47,49,51,56,58,61,69,70,73,76,80,81,83,86,[89][90][91][93][94][95]101,[104][105][106][107]114,115,119,120,122,123,[125][126][127][128]131,132,135,136] 46 (58.2) Built for purpose[14-16,18,20,23-26,31,34,37-39,47,50,53,54,57,62-64,67,69-72,74-77,87,90,96,97,100,101,107, 108,111,113,115,117,120,137] [26,29,44,45,52,75,78,81,85,88,89,93-95,103,104,106-109,117-119,121,122,124,126-136,138] 17,20-24,26-33,35,40,42,43,46,49,52,53,55,59-62,65-68,74,76,77,79,81,82,84,8...…”

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Overview of Technologies Implemented During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Scoping Review

Abd‐Alrazaq¹,

Hassan²,

Abuelezz³

et al. 2021

J Med Internet Res

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Background Technologies have been extensively implemented to provide health care services for all types of clinical conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. While several reviews have been conducted regarding technologies used during the COVID-19 pandemic, they were limited by focusing either on a specific technology (or features) or proposed rather than implemented technologies. Objective This review aims to provide an overview of technologies, as reported in the literature, implemented during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods We conducted a scoping review using PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses) Extension for Scoping Reviews. Studies were retrieved by searching 8 electronic databases, checking the reference lists of included studies and relevant reviews (backward reference list checking), and checking studies that cited included studies (forward reference list checking). The search terms were chosen based on the target intervention (ie, technologies) and the target disease (ie, COVID-19). We included English publications that focused on technologies or digital tools implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide health-related services regardless of target health condition, user, or setting. Two reviewers independently assessed the eligibility of studies and extracted data from eligible papers. We used a narrative approach to synthesize extracted data. Results Of 7374 retrieved papers, 126 were deemed eligible. Telemedicine was the most common type of technology (107/126, 84.9%) implemented in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the most common mode of telemedicine was synchronous (100/108, 92.6%). The most common purpose of the technologies was providing consultation (75/126, 59.5%), followed by following up with patients (45/126, 35.7%), and monitoring their health status (22/126, 17.4%). Zoom (22/126, 17.5%) and WhatsApp (12/126, 9.5%) were the most commonly used videoconferencing and social media platforms, respectively. Both health care professionals and health consumers were the most common target users (103/126, 81.7%). The health condition most frequently targeted was COVID-19 (38/126, 30.2%), followed by any physical health conditions (21/126, 16.7%), and mental health conditions (13/126, 10.3%). Technologies were web-based in 84.1% of the studies (106/126). Technologies could be used through 11 modes, and the most common were mobile apps (86/126, 68.3%), desktop apps (73/126, 57.9%), telephone calls (49/126, 38.9%), and websites (45/126, 35.7%). Conclusions Technologies played a crucial role in mitigating the challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. We did not find papers describing the implementation of other technologies (eg, contact-tracing apps, drones, blockchain) during the first wave. Furthermore, technologies in this review were used for other purposes (eg, drugs and vaccines discovery, social distancing, and immunity passport). Future research on studies on these technologies and purposes is recommended, and further reviews are required to investigate technologies implemented in subsequent waves of the pandemic.

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Redesigning Portable Health Clinic Platform as a Remote Healthcare System to Tackle COVID-19 Pandemic Situation in Unreached Communities

Cited by 23 publications

References 31 publications

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Patients Affected by Non-Communicable Diseases in Europe and in the USA

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Patients Affected by Non-Communicable Diseases in Europe and in the USA

Creative social media use for Covid-19 prevention in Bangladesh: a structural equation modeling approach

Overview of Technologies Implemented During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Scoping Review

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