The role of telehealth during COVID-19 outbreak: A systematic review based on current evidence

Monaghesh, Elham; Hajizadeh, Alireza

doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-23906/v2

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“…This network contains physical locations of central and remote clinics, private healthcare centers, and rehabilitation setups. Thus, the telehealth is a paramount strategy to keep the people discrete or the caregivers discrete from patients and other providers [23].…”

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Global Interest in Telehealth During COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Google Trends™

Ali¹,

Arif²,

Maab³

et al. 2020

Cureus

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Background Since the outbreak, healthcare systems across the globe are overcrowded with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients. To sustain the response towards the pandemic, many hospitals have adapted to virtual healthcare and telemedicine. Google™ has become the most widely used search engine over the years. Google Trends™ can be used to depict the public interest over a certain topic. The output of the Google Trends™ is displayed as relative search volume (RSV) which is the proportionate search volume regarding a specific topic comparative to the total search volume in a specific time and region. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the daily reported number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths and the corresponding changes in Google Trends™ RSV of telehealth over six months. Methods A retrospective study was conducted from January 21, 2020 to July 21, 2020. About 17 countries that reported the total number of cases greater than 200,000 in the situation report of July 21, 2020 were selected to be a part of this study. The daily reported new cases and deaths globally and of the selected countries were extracted from the World Health Organization (WHO) situation reports. The combination of keywords used for obtaining the RSV data through Google Trends™ was "telehealth", "telemedicine", "mHealth", and "eHealth". These words were used with the "+" feature of Google Trends™ with "1/21/2020 to 7/21/2020" as time range, "all categories" for the category, and "web search" for the type of search. The worldwide RSV as well as the RSVs of the selected countries were obtained from the Google Trends™ website. Spearman's correlation coefficient (ρ) was used to determine the strength of the relationship between new cases or deaths and RSVs related to telehealth. Results A positive fair correlation was established between the global interest in telehealth and the new cases (ρ=0.307, p-value<0.001) and deaths (ρ=0.469, p-value<0.001) reported worldwide. The United States of America (USA), India, and Bangladesh were found to have a positive fair correlation between the public interest regarding telehealth and the emerging new COVID-19 cases and deaths. The United Kingdom (UK) and Italy demonstrated a positive poor correlation between the rising new cases or deaths and RSV. Similar statistics were noted for the daily new cases of Chile. For Turkey, a positive fair correlation between new deaths and RSV while a positive poor correlation between new cases and RSV was observed. No significant correlation was observed for the rest of the selected countries.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Global Interest in Telehealth During COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Google Trends™

Ali¹,

Arif²,

Maab³

et al. 2020

Cureus

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“…Besides these, telemedicine could play potential role in this regard. This innovative technology allows physicians to provide critical support to COVID-19 patients as well as routine services to general people including valuable lessons on AMR 24 .…”

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Evidences on Irrational Anti-Microbial Prescribing and Consumption among COVID-19 Positive Patients and Possible Mitigation Strategies: A Descriptive Cross Sectional Study

Parveen

Molla²,

Yeasmin³

et al. 2020

Bangladesh J. Infect. Dis.

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Background: Increased antimicrobial consumption has increased the burden on worsening situation of antimicrobial resistance throughout the world. Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the practice of irrational antibiotic prescribing and consumption among COVID-19 positive patients of Bangladesh and its possible impact on existing AMR. Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study conducted among SARS-CoV-2 positive patients from a tertiary COVID-19 PCR testing center in Dhaka between 10th July 2020 and 20th July 2020. A validated questionnaire was used to gather data. Ethical approval was obtained. A total of 100 participants through random sampling was selected. Results: A total of 100 COVID-19 RT-PCR positive patients were participated in this study: 96% had mild symptoms, fever (81.0%) was the most common presenting symptoms, 45.0% patients did not consult with physicians even after knowing their positive test results and reported self medicating with antibiotics, and 36.0% were treated with multiple antibiotics and antiviral at a time. Azithromycin (46.0%), Ivermectin (22.0%) and doxycycline (21.0%) were the antibiotics most used, which were mainly obtained from local retail pharmacies. Conclusion: Practice of irrational antibiotic prescribing and self medication is relatively high among COVID-19 positive participants. Bangladesh Journal of Infectious Diseases, October 2020;7(suppl_2):S3-S7

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“…Estas experiencias en telesalud impulsadas por entidades públicas a nivel nacional son similares a las desplegadas por otros países en el mundo. Sin embargo, aún no se despliegan masivamente las diferentes herramientas basadas en TIC en el Perú para el manejo de la pandemia del COVID-19 en la actualidad, como se han implementado en otros países a nivel internacional [20][21][22] .…”

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“…El surgimiento del COVID-19 nos trae muchos desafíos, pero también conlleva oportunidades únicas y con muchas ventanas de oportunidad para implementar soluciones innovadoras [20,22] . Los avances tecnológicos brindan a la humanidad nuevas opciones que antes no estaban disponibles.…”

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El rol de la telesalud en la lucha contra el COVID-19 y la evolución del marco normativo peruano

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Galán-Rodas

2020

Acta Med Peru

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Las tecnologías de información y comunicación (TIC) en salud cumplen un rol fundamental en el manejo de la pandemia por COVID-19. Esta pandemia ha permitido redescubrir la telesalud y ha acelerado el uso de plataformas digitales con servicios aplicados a la salud. En el marco de la pandemia del COVID-19, el Poder Ejecutivo ha emitido varias normas para impulsar su uso. El objetivo de este artículo es discutir el rol de la telesalud, y la evolución del marco normativo en el Perú. Asimismo, se describen las iniciativas desarrolladas e implementadas por el Colegio Médico del Perú con respecto a la aplicación de las TIC en salud en el marco del COVID-19 como la herramienta «Observatorio CMP» y las plataformas tecnológicas «Aló CMP» y «Salud a un Clic». Finalmente, el artículo plantea el análisis de algunos desafíos de las TIC en salud en tiempos de COVID-19.

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The role of telehealth during COVID-19 outbreak: A systematic review based on current evidence

Cited by 163 publications

References 24 publications

Global Interest in Telehealth During COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Google Trends™

Global Interest in Telehealth During COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Google Trends™

Evidences on Irrational Anti-Microbial Prescribing and Consumption among COVID-19 Positive Patients and Possible Mitigation Strategies: A Descriptive Cross Sectional Study

El rol de la telesalud en la lucha contra el COVID-19 y la evolución del marco normativo peruano

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