An investigation into telemedicine utilization for refugee mental health: a systematic review.

IF 5.9 2区医学 Q1 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Globalization and Health Pub Date : 2025-05-26 DOI:10.1186/s12992-025-01119-2

Arezoo Abasi, Seyed Ali Fatemi Aghda, Mehdi Zahedian, Zahra Jamshiddoust Miyanroudi, Sajjad Bahariniya, Benyamin Yazdani, Saeed Fallah-Aliabadi, Shadi Hazhir

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Abstract

Background: Telemedicine is mentioned as a technological solution in various fields of medicine and nowadays using telemedicine in the field of mental health in the refugee population, has attracted special attention in the world. This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the usage of telemedicine in the refugee populations mental health.

Methods: This study, conducted in 2024, involved a comprehensive search of databases including Web of Science, Cochrane, ProQuest, Ovid, EBSCO, PubMed, and Scopus, up until April 2023. Based on predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria, 12 relevant articles were identified. The quality and methodology of the selected articles were evaluated using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT) checklist.

Results: A total of 12 articles were included in the review. Feasibility and investigation of telemedicine challenges (5 articles) and its evaluation and effectiveness investigation (7 articles) were used. Most of the studies were quantitative (8 cases) and mostly dealt with socio-economic-cultural application issues (5 cases) and screening (2 cases). Most of the studies were purely focused on refugees (5 cases).

Conclusions: Results have shown that paying attention to the challenges, disadvantages, and telemedicine required Infrastructure in the field of mental health, will lead to effectiveness, screening, and treatment. This causes positive social, economic, and cultural effects on refugees. However, the need for future studies with more attention to technical and governmental challenges and their issues (security and reimbursement), the refugee population with various ethnicities, and different health fields (prevention, treatment, follow-up, rehabilitation, etc.) seems to be necessary.

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难民心理健康远程医疗利用调查：系统回顾。

背景：远程医疗被认为是医学各个领域的一种技术解决方案，目前在难民人口的心理健康领域使用远程医疗，已经引起了世界各国的特别关注。进行这项研究的目的是调查远程医疗在难民人口心理健康方面的使用情况。方法：本研究于2024年开展，全面检索了Web of Science、Cochrane、ProQuest、Ovid、EBSCO、PubMed、Scopus等数据库，检索时间截止至2023年4月。根据预先确定的纳入和排除标准，确定了12篇相关文章。使用混合方法评估工具（MMAT）检查表对所选文章的质量和方法学进行评估。结果：共纳入12篇文献。采用远程医疗挑战的可行性与调查（5篇）及其评价与有效性调查（7篇）。多数研究为定量研究（8例），主要涉及社会经济文化应用问题（5例）和筛选（2例）。大多数研究只关注难民（5例）。结论：结果表明，关注远程医疗在心理健康领域的挑战、劣势和所需的基础设施，将提高其有效性、筛查和治疗。这对难民产生了积极的社会、经济和文化影响。然而，今后的研究似乎有必要更多地关注技术和政府方面的挑战及其问题（安全和报销）、不同种族的难民人口以及不同的保健领域（预防、治疗、后续行动、康复等）。

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Globalization and Health PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

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18.40

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