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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Javier De Juan Bagudá, Rocío Cózar León, Juan J Gavira Gómez, Marta Pachón, Josebe Goirigolzarri Artaza, Virgilio Martínez Mateo, Vanessa Escolar Pérez, Ángel Manuel Iniesta Manjavacas, Nuria Rivas Gándara, Jesús Álvarez-García, Jesús Gabriel Sánchez Ramos, Cristina Aguilera Agudo, José Manuel Rubín López, Alfonso Macías Gallego, Silvia López Fernández, Luis González Torres, Juan Gabriel Martínez, Natalia Marrero Negrín, Javier Ramos Maqueda, Mercedes Cabrera Ramos, José María Medina Gil, Carlos De Diego Rus, Francisco José Bermúdez Jiménez, Inés Madrazo, Beatriz Díaz Molina, Marta Cobo Marcos, Ana Delia Ruiz Duthil, David Cordero, Ana Belén Méndez Fernández, Laura Peña Conde, María F Arcocha Torres, Nicasio Pérez Castellano, Miguel A Arias, Ignacio García Bolao, Ernesto Díaz Infante, Monica Campari, Fernando Arribas Ynsaurriaga, Juan F Delgado Jiménez, Sergio Valsecchi, Rafael Salguero Bodes
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: The multiparametric implantable cardioverter-defibrillator HeartLogic index has proven to be a sensitive and timely predictor of impending heart failure (HF) decompensation. We evaluated the impact of a standardized follow-up protocol implemented by nursing staff and based on remote management of alerts. METHODS: The algorithm was activated in HF patients at 19 Spanish centers. Transmitted data were analyzed remotely, and patients were contacted by telephone if alerts were issued...
April 30, 2024: Revista Española de Cardiología
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Alberto Jose Mimenza-Alvarado, Abdias Ambrosio-Palma, Sara Gloria Aguilar-Navarro
BACKGROUND: SARS-CoV-2 infection has been associated with multiple short- and long-term complications including depression, and cognitive impairment (CI). However, older adults with CI after COVID-19 have not been fully documented. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate cognitive function in Mexican adults post-recovery from SARS-CoV-2 infection. METHODS: In this prospective observational cohort study, we assess cognitive function (CF) by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA) test with a cut-off less than 26 points, and functional status via telemedicine...
April 30, 2024: Revista Española de Geriatría y Gerontología
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
L M D Luiz, I A Marques, J P Folador, A O Andrade
INTRODUCTION: Reliable assessment of individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) is essential for providing adequate treatment. Clinical assessment is a complex and time-consuming task, especially for bradykinesia, since its evaluation can be influenced by the degree of experience of the examiner, patient collaboration and individual bias. Improvement of the clinical evaluation can be obtained by considering assessments from several professionals. However, this is only true when inter and intra-rater agreement are high...
May 2024: Neurología
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jordi Acezat Oliva, Iris Alarcón Belmonte, Eugeni Joan Paredes Costa, Marc Albiol Perarnau, Alyson Goussens, Josep Vidal-Alaball
Teleconsultation is a remote health consultation using information and communication technologies. There are different modalities and specific practical and communication skills are required. Notwithstanding its prominence in Spain, there is little evidence on teleconsultation. This article explores the applicability, barriers, facilitators and future challenges of teleconsultation. While it has the potential to improve access to healthcare, as well as save time and costs for both patients and healthcare professionals, it faces a number of challenges such as the digital divide and resistance to change...
April 11, 2024: Atencion Primaria
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Georgina Ferret, Manel Cremades, Lídia Cornejo, Francesc Guillem-López, Ramon Farrés, David Parés, Joan-Francesc Julian
INTRODUCTION: Innovation in internet connectivity and the Covid 19 pandemic have caused a dramatic change in the management of patients in the medical field, boosting the use of telemedicine. A comparison of clinical outcomes and satisfaction between conventional face-to-face and telemedicine follow-up in general surgery, an economic evaluation is mandatory. The aim of the present study was to compare the differences in economic costs between these two outpatient approaches in a designed randomized controlled trial (RCT)...
April 9, 2024: Cirugia española
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mercedes Fernández López, Montserrat Martín-Baranera, Meritxell Davins Riu, Benito Fontecha Gómez
INTRODUCTION: Given the growing increase in dementia, the need to control these patients, together with the rise of new technologies, makes a change in the current control system imperative. MATERIAL AND METHOD: We have carried out a single-center, clinical study with two groups, a control group of 72 patients/caregivers, who followed the usual controls in consultations, and another telematic group of 76 patients/caregivers, who followed the controls through of the Tecuide platform...
April 3, 2024: Revista Española de Geriatría y Gerontología
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
María Virginia Boaglio, Gianmarco Llarena Billia, Ingrid Strusberg
Teleconsultation is one of the assets of telemedicine that allows medical professionals to provide diagnostic or therapeutic advice to patients through electronic means. The objective of this study was to estimate the frequency of teleconsultation implementation in hospitals in the city of Cordoba from 2020 to 2022. A descriptive, observational and cross-sectional study was carried out, providing an online survey (Google Forms) to hospital representatives in Córdoba. Descriptive statistics were used. The study was conducted in 30 out of the 50 hospitals in the city, including 17 private (57%) and 13 public institutions (43%)...
March 27, 2024: Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas
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Jose Diranzo García, Vicente Estrems Díaz, Jose F Garrido-Ferrer, Laura Castillo Ruipérez, Victor M Zarzuela-Sánchez, Lorenzo Hernández Ferrando
RESULTS: A total of 68 patients were evaluated, with 31 patients in the AVIP group and 33 in the Control group completing the follow-up. Both groups demonstrated improvement in clinical outcomes based on the WOMAC and mHHS hip tests, a reduction in perceived pain, and an enhancement in quality of life according to the SF-12 test. Patients in the AVIP study group exhibited non-inferiority in clinical outcomes and satisfaction compared to the control group, as well as lower anxiety levels and improved walking capabilities after the first month of follow-up...
March 18, 2024: Revista Española de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
F J Molano Casimiro, M González Correa, M J Romero Reyes
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: The development of IT tools and interlevel relationships in the management of the most prevalent processes has led to a semi-presential assessment approach. In cardiology, this form of assessment is possible through a close collaboration with primary care. The aim of this study is to analyze the results of our e-consultation program and to establish the effectiveness of this new form of assistance. METHODS: Single-center study that included e-consultations referred from 15 September 2021 to 30 September 2022...
March 12, 2024: Semergen
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Beatriz Siciliano, Susana Ramon, Jimena Gabrielli, Aránzazu López-López
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this work is to describe how the use of the information and communication technologies has been used in the clinical control, follow-up and treatment of all the patients affected by monkeypox in our health area. DESIGN AND SITE: A descriptive, observational and retrospective work has been carried out to show the clinical management of the monkeypox cases assisted in the Health Area of Ibiza and Formentera (ASEF), in the field of the primary care...
March 2, 2024: Atencion Primaria
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Carmen Cagigas Fernandez, Marcos Gómez Ruiz
Telemedicine has revolutionized the field of surgery, with telemonitoring and telesurgery being 2 of its most promising applications. Telesurgery and telemonitoring are revolutionary applications that have the potential to change the way surgical operations are performed. These applications can allow surgeons to perform operations, enable surgeons to perform operations by assisting or supervising others through mentoring from a different location (telementoring). Despite the potential benefits of telemedicine and telementoring, there are still challenges that must be overcome before they can be widely used in clinical practice...
February 29, 2024: Cirugia española
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
A Y Karaahmet, F Ş Bilgiç, N Kızılkaya Beji
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...
February 13, 2024: Actas urologicas españolas
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ana Isabel Díaz-Cano, Ana Esplugues-Cebrián
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this paper is to explore the influence of Web 2.0 as a complementary support network to traditional networks for the promotion of breastfeeding (BF). METHOD: Qualitative and exploratory study carried out from September 8 to December 31, 2022, at the Las Vegas Health Centre (Corvera), Health Service of the Principality of Asturias (SESPA). The participants were 5 professional experts in BF and 7 breastfeeding mothers, who made up two focus groups, selected by convenience sampling...
December 5, 2023: Enfermería clínica (English Edition)
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Almudena Marco Ibáñez, Isabel Aguilar Palacio, Carlos Aibar Remón
OBJECTIVE: To know the opinion of Aragon primary care physicians about virtual consultation and its impact on the different healthcare quality domains. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study through a self-developed survey. Data collection was enabled from April 14th to May 31st, 2023. SITE: Physicians with healthcare duties in primary care in Aragon. PARTICIPANTS: Specialist physicians and resident interns in Family and Community Medicine. MEANSUREMENTS: Job characteristics, Likert variables assessing virtual consultation as a tool and its impact on healthcare quality domains, identification of advantages and disadvantages, and free answer questions proposing improvement strategies...
December 2, 2023: Atencion Primaria
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Julio Mayol
Digitalization is the conversion of analog data and information to a digital format based on bits. Digitalization allows information to be managed in a simple and standardized way. Digital health solutions are technologies that use the digitalization of data and information to improve the health sector in various aspects, such as prevention, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, research, innovation, training, management and evaluation of health services. These technologies range from mobile applications and telemedicine to artificial intelligence and blockchain, with advantages, barriers, and risks for their application in health care...
November 30, 2023: Cirugia española
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Maritza Rodríguez Guarin, Juanita Gempeler Rueda, Sergio Mario Castro, María Mercedes Ospina, Carolina Villanueva Betancourth, Juan Pablo Amórtegui, Laura Vázquez
BACKGROUND: Lockdowns and social distancing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic have brought about the need to continue treatment virtually in patients with Eating Disorders (ED). OBJECTIVE: To evaluate feasibility, acceptability and adherence to virtual treatment in patients, families and therapists. METHODS: Fourteen patients, 10 family members and eight therapists from an intensive outpatient program for ED answered online surveys and a SWOT analysis was performed with the responses...
November 25, 2023: Revista Colombiana de psiquiatría (English ed.)
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EDITORIAL
Ramón Puchades, Ismael Said-Criado
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November 18, 2023: Medicina Clínica
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Isabel Iguacel, Isabel Antón, Fernando Urcola, Miguel Ariño, Begoña Martínez-Jarreta
OBJECTIVE: To validate a questionnaire to analyze the perception of users of primary care (PC) with telephone consultation (TC), and to study the satisfaction with TC by users of PC services. DESIGN: A two-phase study was conducted. Firstly, a questionnaire on satisfaction with telemedicine services was validated. Secondly, a cross-sectional study on satisfaction with TC was conducted. SETTING: PC. PARTICIPANTS: 405 users of PC services in Zaragoza (Spain)...
November 2, 2023: Atencion Primaria
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mariana Loezar-Hernández, Erica Briones-Vozmediano, Montserrat Gea-Sánchez, Juana Robledo-Martin, Laura Otero-García
OBJECTIVE: To explore the experiences of primary healthcare (PHC) midwives with the implementation of telemedicine in pregnancy and puerperium care during the Covid-19 pandemic. METHOD: Exploratory qualitative study based on an inductive content analysis of 15 semi-structured interviews with intentionally selected PHC midwives in four Spanish Autonomous Regions, during 2021-22. RESULTS: Five categories were identified: (1) changes in the modality of care in pregnancy and puerperium: prioritization of pregnant women, unprotected puerperium, an increase of home visits and decline of parental education groups, (2) implementation of telemedicine in a changing scenario: the positive and negative side of telemedicine (3) reaction of women to telemedicine (4) strategies implemented by midwives for a humanized care, (5) learning for the future...
October 26, 2023: Enfermería clínica (English Edition)
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
R Belvís, S Santos-Lasaosa, P Irimia, R L Blanco, M Torres-Ferrús, N Morollón, A López-Bravo, D García-Azorín, A Mínguez-Olaondo, Á Guerrero, J Porta, E Giné-Ciprés, Á Sierra, G Latorre, C González-Oria, J Pascual, D Ezpeleta
INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unexpected boost to telemedicine. We analyse the impact of the pandemic on telemedicine applied in Spanish headache consultations, review the literature, and issue recommendations for the implementation of telemedicine in consultations. METHOD: The study comprised 3 phases: 1) review of the MEDLINE database since 1958 (first reported experience with telemedicine); 2) Google Forms survey sent to all members of the Spanish Society of Neurology's Headache Study Group (GECSEN); and 3) online consensus of GECSEN experts to issue recommendations for the implementation of telemedicine in Spain...
October 17, 2023: Neurología
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