Telephone follow-up of the elderly after cataract surgery

Machado, Tallita Mello Delphino; Santana, Rosimere Ferreira; Vaqueiro, Raquel Dantas; Santos, Carla Targino Bruno dos; Souza, Priscilla Alfradique de

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“…Telemedicine was used in surgery for clinical care, appointment reminders, patient education, and provider training. Clinical care included pre‐operative assessment ( n = 10, 5.6%) [24–33], post‐operative assessment ( n = 71, 39.9%) [34–105], and provider‐provider consultations ( n = 16, 9.0%) [106–121] (Table 3).…”

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Telemedicine in Surgical Care in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: A Scoping Review

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Background Access to timely and quality surgical care is limited in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Telemedicine, defined as the remote provision of health care using information, communication and telecommunication platforms have the potential to address some of the barriers to surgical care. However, synthesis of evidence on telemedicine use in surgical care in LMICs is lacking. Aim To describe the current state of evidence on the use and distribution of telemedicine for surgical care in LMICs. Methods This was a scoping review of published and relevant grey literature on telemedicine use for surgical care in LMICs, following the PRISMA extension for scoping reviews guideline. PubMed-Medline, Web of Science, Scopus and African Journals Online databases were searched using a comprehensive search strategy from 1 January 2010 to 28 February 2021. Results A total of 178 articles from 53 (38.7%) LMICs across 11 surgical specialties were included. The number of published articles increased from 2 in 2010 to 44 in 2020. The highest number of studies was from the World Health Organization Western Pacific region ( n = 73; 41.0%) and of these, most were from China ( n = 69; 94.5%). The most common telemedicine platforms used were telephone call ( n = 71, 39.9%), video chat ( n = 42, 23.6%) and WhatsApp/WeChat ( n = 31, 17.4%). Telemedicine was mostly used for post-operative follow-up ( n = 71, 39.9%), patient education ( n = 32, 18.0%), provider training ( n = 28, 15.7%) and provider-provider consultation ( n = 16, 9.0%). Less than a third ( n = 51, 29.1%) of the studies used a randomised controlled trial design, and only 23 (12.9%) reported effects on clinical outcomes. Conclusion Telemedicine use for surgical care is emerging in LMICs, especially for post-operative visits. Basic platforms such as telephone calls and 2-way texting were successfully used for post-operative follow-up and education. In addition, file sharing and video chatting options were added when a physical assessment was required. Telephone calls and 2-way texting platforms should be leveraged to reduce loss to follow-up of surgical patients in LMICs and their use for pre-operative visits should be further explored. Despite these telemedicine potentials, there remains an uneven adoption across several LMICs. Also, up to two-thirds of the studies were of low-to-moderate quality with only a few focusing on clinical effectiveness. There is a need to further adopt, develop, and validate telemedicine use for surgical care in LMICs, particularly its impact on clinical outcomes. Supplementary Information The online version co...

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Telemedicine in Surgical Care in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: A Scoping Review

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“…Para que a relação seja mantida até que o retorno presencial se restabeleça, é essencial a manutenção do vínculo que esse idoso possuía outrora. Dessa forma, o telecuidado auxilia o cuidado de enfermagem e ampara o idoso no alcance de melhores resultados de maneira segura 11 .…”

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Enfermagem Gerontologica No Cuidado Do Idoso Em Tempos Da COVID 19

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“…Teleconsultation has been a strong strategy for nursing intervention, by allowing important guidance to be provided to the patient at home, early diagnosis of health needs, prevention of diseases and complications, greater adherence to the proposed treatments and home care [2][3][4][5] . Among the conditions that can be approached through teleconsultation, acute and chronic pathologies, urological, ophthalmologic, orthopedic, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, neurological, dermatological, and gerontological surgical conditions stand out [5][6][7][8][9][10][11] .…”

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“…In the literature it is possible to find clinical trials that evaluate the effect of teleconsultation in adult and elderly patients in the postoperative period of: gastrectomy; colectomy; cholecystectomy and herniorrhaphy 11 ; prostatectomy 7 ; thigh and hip surgeries 10 ; and cataract extraction 2,9 . It was observed in all studies that surgical complications occurred less frequently in the group followed by teleconsultation compared to the group that was not followed, leading us to conclude that patients who are followed in this format have reduced chances of having postoperative complications.…”

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Cost Estimate for the Monthly Set Up and Operation of a Teleconsultation Room

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Objective: to estimate the cost of setting up and monthly operation of a teleconsultation room. Method: descriptive study, carried out by means of a survey of direct and indirect costs for setting up and monthly operation of a teleconsultation room in Niterói - RJ - BR. The data analysis was based on discrimination of the type and quantity of equipment needed to set up the room; and on budgets obtained through research in public tenders and commercial stores. To estimate the running costs, the following were considered: monthly electric power consumption; costs with telephone network, materials, and supplies; and with nurses. Results: the minimum cost to set up the room was R$14,904.17 reais. The average monthly cost for 30 hours per week with three nurses was R$14,706.95. Conclusion: it is believed that teleconsultation can improve access to health care, quality of care and reduce costs related to the health system.

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Telephone follow-up of the elderly after cataract surgery

Cited by 9 publications

References 17 publications

Telemedicine in Surgical Care in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: A Scoping Review

Telemedicine in Surgical Care in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: A Scoping Review

Centro de convivência para idosos em tempos de pandemia: estratégias de acompanhamento a distância

Cost Estimate for the Monthly Set Up and Operation of a Teleconsultation Room

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