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COVID-19 Home Monitoring: An Institutional Approach to Bridging Care During a Pandemic. COVID-19家庭监测:大流行期间衔接护理的制度性方法。
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Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association Pub Date : 2022-07-01 Epub Date: 2022-01-10 DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2021.0317
Gregory J Wong, Katherine Douglas, Stephen Fuest, Peter J McDonnell, Nickole Forget
{"title":"COVID-19 Home Monitoring: An Institutional Approach to Bridging Care During a Pandemic.","authors":"Gregory J Wong,&nbsp;Katherine Douglas,&nbsp;Stephen Fuest,&nbsp;Peter J McDonnell,&nbsp;Nickole Forget","doi":"10.1089/tmj.2021.0317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2021.0317","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b><i>Introduction:</i></b> Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has widened patient care gaps and created gaps in medical student clinical training. The care gaps are often most obvious in primary care medicine clinics (PCMCs) where residents and medical students care for a vulnerable population. <b><i>Materials and Methods:</i></b> We designed an outpatient telehealth program to support and monitor PCMC patients who had been diagnosed or were suspected to have COVID-19 and were confined to their homes due to public health mandated isolation. To support the program, we recruited medical student volunteers. We recruited patients from our institution's primary care clinic who were recently diagnosed with COVID-19 and were currently not hospitalized. Feasibility of the home monitoring program (HMP) was assessed and mortality data for all patients were collected. <b><i>Results:</i></b> Over 800 monitoring phone calls were placed during the 8-month study period to 296 patients, with an average of 2.79 calls per patient. A total of 30 medical students participated. A total of four patients died during the study period. <b><i>Conclusions:</i></b> Our institution was able to rapidly design and implement a COVID-19 HMP integrated with our primary care clinic to ensure continued access to care during a pandemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":520784,"journal":{"name":"Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association","volume":" ","pages":"1044-1049"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39808285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 5
The Implementation and Acceptability of a Combined Mobile Application with a COVID-19 at-Home Test Kit. 结合COVID-19家用检测试剂盒的移动应用程序的实现和可接受性
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Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association Pub Date : 2022-07-01 Epub Date: 2021-12-13 DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2021.0487
Adrian H Zai, Molly Caffrey, Conor S O'Brien, Dawei Jiang, Remona Kanyat, Sara Silacci
{"title":"The Implementation and Acceptability of a Combined Mobile Application with a COVID-19 at-Home Test Kit.","authors":"Adrian H Zai,&nbsp;Molly Caffrey,&nbsp;Conor S O'Brien,&nbsp;Dawei Jiang,&nbsp;Remona Kanyat,&nbsp;Sara Silacci","doi":"10.1089/tmj.2021.0487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2021.0487","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b><i>Introduction</i></b>: Testing facilities for COVID-19 were stood up around the country during the pandemic, but could not handle the demand. This study aimed to combine a mobile application (App) with an at-home test kit to facilitate home-based testing. <b><i>Methods</i></b>: After integrating an App with an at-home testing service, we measured the time between sample collection and notification of results. We recruited 92 volunteers to utilize the platform. <b><i>Results</i></b>: Sixty-one percent (55/92) responded to the survey. Median sample collection-to-result time was 2.2 days (IQR = 1.3-3.2). Eighty-two percent (45/55) found the self-test kit and App easy to use. Eighty-four percent agreed that the combined solution is an acceptable way to receive health care services. <b><i>Discussion</i></b>: Decreasing testing time and providing timely test results improve care access and decrease the risk of infection. Combining a tailored App with an at-home testing service is a feasible solution to reaching that goal.</p>","PeriodicalId":520784,"journal":{"name":"Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association","volume":" ","pages":"1064-1069"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39807710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
Can Remote Patient Monitoring Be the New Standard in Primary Care of Chronic Diseases, Post-COVID-19? 远程患者监测能否成为后covid -19慢性病初级保健的新标准?
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Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association Pub Date : 2022-07-01 Epub Date: 2021-10-19 DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2021.0399
Ashley Elizabeth Muller, Rigmor C Berg, Patricia Sofia Jacobsen Jardim, Trine Bjerke Johansen, Sari Susanna Ormstad
{"title":"Can Remote Patient Monitoring Be the New Standard in Primary Care of Chronic Diseases, Post-COVID-19?","authors":"Ashley Elizabeth Muller,&nbsp;Rigmor C Berg,&nbsp;Patricia Sofia Jacobsen Jardim,&nbsp;Trine Bjerke Johansen,&nbsp;Sari Susanna Ormstad","doi":"10.1089/tmj.2021.0399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2021.0399","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b><i>Background:</i></b> One lesson from the current COVID-19 pandemic is the need to optimize health care provision outside of traditional settings, and potentially over longer periods of time. An important strategy is remote patient monitoring (RPM), allowing patients to remain at home, while they transmit health data and receive follow-up services. <b><i>Materials and Methods:</i></b> We conducted an overview of the latest systematic reviews that had included randomized controlled trials with adult patients with chronic diseases. We summarized results and displayed these in forest plots, and used GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation) to assess our certainty of the evidence. <b><i>Results:</i></b> We included 4 systematic reviews that together reported on 11 trials that met our definition of RPM, each including patients with diabetes and/or hypertension. RPM probably makes little to no difference on HbA1c levels. RPM probably leads to a slight reduction in systolic blood pressure, with questionable clinical meaningfulness. RPM probably has a small negative effect on the physical component of health-related quality of life, but the clinical significance of this reduction is uncertain. We have low confidence in the finding that RPM makes no difference to the remaining five primary outcomes. <b><i>Conclusion:</i></b> Most of our findings are consistent with reviews of other, broader definitions of RPM. The type of RPM examined in this review is as effective as standard treatment for patients with diabetes/hypertension. If this or other types of RPM are to be used for \"long covid\" patients or for other chronic disease groups post-pandemic, we need to understand why RPM may negatively affect quality of life.</p>","PeriodicalId":520784,"journal":{"name":"Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association","volume":" ","pages":"942-969"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39531016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 9
Measuring Telehealth Visit Length and Schedule Adherence Using Videoconferencing Data. 使用视频会议数据测量远程医疗访问长度和时间表依从性。
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Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association Pub Date : 2022-07-01 Epub Date: 2021-11-08 DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2021.0382
Xu Zhang, Yungui Huang, Jennifer Lee, Rajesh Ganta, Aarti Chandawarkar, Simon Lin Linwood
{"title":"Measuring Telehealth Visit Length and Schedule Adherence Using Videoconferencing Data.","authors":"Xu Zhang,&nbsp;Yungui Huang,&nbsp;Jennifer Lee,&nbsp;Rajesh Ganta,&nbsp;Aarti Chandawarkar,&nbsp;Simon Lin Linwood","doi":"10.1089/tmj.2021.0382","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2021.0382","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b><i>Background:</i></b> The ability to measure clinical visit length is critical for operational efficiency, patient experience, and accurate billing. Despite the unprecedented surge in telehealth use in 2020, studies on visit length and schedule adherence in the telehealth setting are nonexistent in the literature. This article aims to demonstrate the use of videoconferencing data to measure telehealth visit length and schedule adherence. <b><i>Materials and Methods:</i></b> We used data from telehealth video visits at four clinical specialties at Nationwide Children's Hospital, including behavioral health (BH), speech pathology (SP), physical therapy/occupational therapy (PT/OT), and primary care (PC). We combined videoconferencing timestamp data with visit scheduling data to calculate the total visit length, examination length, and patient wait times. We also assessed schedule adherence, including patient on-time performance, examination on-time performance, provider schedule deviations, and schedule length deviations. <b><i>Results:</i></b> The analyses included a total of 175,876 telehealth video visits. On average, children with BH appointments spent a total of 57.2 min for each visit, followed by PT/OT (50.8 min), SP (42.1 min), and PC (25.0 min). The average patient wait times were 4.1 min (BH), 2.7 min (PT/OT), 2.8 min (SP), and 3.1 min (PC). The average examination lengths were 48.8 min (BH), 44.5 min (PT/OT), 34.9 min (SP), and 16.6 min (PC). Regardless of clinical specialty, actual examination lengths of most visits were shorter than the scheduled lengths, except that appointments scheduled for 15 min tended to run overtime. <b><i>Conclusions:</i></b> Videoconferencing data provide a low-cost, accurate, and readily available resource for measuring telehealth visit length and schedule adherence.</p>","PeriodicalId":520784,"journal":{"name":"Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association","volume":" ","pages":"976-984"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39599994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 8
Flies in the Castle Today-Walking the Line. 今天城堡里的苍蝇——遵纪守法。
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Charles R Doarn
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引用次数: 0
The COVID-19 Pandemic as an Opportunity to Improve Health Care Through a Nurse-Coordinated Multidisciplinary Model in a Headache Specialist Center: The Implementation of a Telemedicine Protocol. 以2019冠状病毒病大流行为契机,在头痛专科中心通过护士协调的多学科模式改善医疗保健:远程医疗协议的实施。
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Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association Pub Date : 2022-07-01 Epub Date: 2021-11-09 DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2021.0414
Valeria Caponnetto, Raffaele Ornello, Eleonora De Matteis, Sara Consilia Papavero, Andrea Fracasso, Giovanni Di Vito, Loreto Lancia, Fabrizio Massimo Ferrara, Simona Sacco
{"title":"The COVID-19 Pandemic as an Opportunity to Improve Health Care Through a Nurse-Coordinated Multidisciplinary Model in a Headache Specialist Center: The Implementation of a Telemedicine Protocol.","authors":"Valeria Caponnetto,&nbsp;Raffaele Ornello,&nbsp;Eleonora De Matteis,&nbsp;Sara Consilia Papavero,&nbsp;Andrea Fracasso,&nbsp;Giovanni Di Vito,&nbsp;Loreto Lancia,&nbsp;Fabrizio Massimo Ferrara,&nbsp;Simona Sacco","doi":"10.1089/tmj.2021.0414","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2021.0414","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b><i>Background:</i></b> Due to coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic, Italian outpatient clinics were suspended in March-April 2020 and subsequently slowed down. Telemedicine was shown to be useful in headache clinics, despite absence of a detailed protocol for its development. <b><i>Objective:</i></b> To describe the implementation of a structured telemedicine protocol during COVID-19 pandemic. <b><i>Materials and Methods:</i></b> Since May 2020, we performed a quality improvement study in a Headache Specialist Center in central Italy. We involved patients who had in-person follow-up visits scheduled during suspension and initial reopening of clinics. Patients had two appointments with a nurse specialized in headache care and a headache physician, respectively, using Microsoft Teams<sup>®</sup>. The service is still active. We collected sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients, technical details of telemedicine visits, patient feedback, medical judgment about complexity of clinical decisions, and need for in-person re-evaluation. We also performed a Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats analysis to provide a realistic picture of the service. <b><i>Results:</i></b> We performed 207 telemedicine visits involving 100 patients with a median age of 44 (interquartile range [IQR]: 35-56) years; 76.0% were women and lived at a median of 68 (IQR: 24-109) km from the Center. Thirty-nine (39.0%) were visited for migraine without aura. Patients mostly used a computer (68.1% visits) with high audio-video quality in 93.2% of visits. First and second appointments lasted in median 20 (IQR: 14-25) minutes and 9 (IQR: 7-13) minutes, respectively. Interacting with patients was very easy in 66.7% of visits. Patients reported no difficulty in sharing documents and high satisfaction in 78.6% and 93.5% of visits, respectively. Perceived complexity of clinical decisions was generally low (86.5%), whereas 8.2% of cases required in-person re-evaluation. <b><i>Conclusions:</i></b> Telemedicine facilitated follow-ups, ensuring multidisciplinary care and high patient satisfaction, justifying its wider adoption in headache care.</p>","PeriodicalId":520784,"journal":{"name":"Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association","volume":" ","pages":"1016-1022"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39606337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 6
Telemental Health Collaborative Care Medication Management: Implementation and Outcomes. 远程心理健康协同护理药物管理:实施和结果。
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Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association Pub Date : 2022-07-01 Epub Date: 2021-12-22 DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2021.0401
Smita Das, Jane Wang, Shih-Yin Chen, Connie E Chen
{"title":"Telemental Health Collaborative Care Medication Management: Implementation and Outcomes.","authors":"Smita Das,&nbsp;Jane Wang,&nbsp;Shih-Yin Chen,&nbsp;Connie E Chen","doi":"10.1089/tmj.2021.0401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2021.0401","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b><i>Introduction:</i></b> Access to quality mental health medication management (MM) in the United States is limited, even among those with employment-based health insurance. This implementation, feasibility, and outcome study sought to design and evaluate an evidence-based telemental health MM service using a collaborative care model (CoCM). <b><i>Materials and Methods:</i></b> CoCM MM was available to adult employees/dependents through their employer benefits, in addition to therapy. Outcomes included Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) collected at baseline and throughout participation. This analysis was not deemed to be human subjects research by the Western Institutional Review Board. <b><i>Results:</i></b> Over 17 months, 212 people enrolled and completed >2 assessments; the enrollees were 58.96% female with average age of 32.00 years (standard deviation [SD] = 7.38). In people with moderate to severe depression or anxiety, PHQ-9 and GAD-7 scores reduced by an average of 7.27 (SD = 4.80) and 6.71 (SD = 5.18) points after at least 12 ± 4 weeks in the program. At 24 ± 4 weeks, the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 reductions were on average 7.17 (SD = 5.00) and 6.03 (SD = 5.37), respectively. Approximately 65.88% of participants with either baseline depression or anxiety had a response on either the PHQ-9 or GAD-7 at 12 ± 4 weeks and 44.71% of participants experienced remission; at 24 ± 4 weeks, 56.41% had response and 41.03% experienced remission. <b><i>Conclusions:</i></b> An evidence-based CoCM telemedicine service within an employee behavioral health benefit is feasible and effective in reducing anxiety and depression symptoms when using measurement-based care. Widespread implementation of a benefit like this could expand access to evidence-based mental health MM.</p>","PeriodicalId":520784,"journal":{"name":"Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association","volume":" ","pages":"1035-1043"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9293679/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39751489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 3
Ease in Emergency Hospital Visits Due to Covid-19 Following Implementation of a Telemedicine Service in Ceará, Brazil. 巴西塞埃尔<e:1>实施远程医疗服务后,因Covid-19导致的急诊就诊减少。
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Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association Pub Date : 2022-07-01 Epub Date: 2021-11-01 DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2021.0327
Antonia Célia de Castro Alcântara, Hermano Alexandre Lima Rocha, Caroline Calisto da Silva, Sabrina Gabriele Maia Oliveira Rocha, Danielle Leite Cunha de Queiroz, Flavio Lucio Pontes Ibiapina, Elias Bezerra Leite, Francisco Airton Castro da Rocha
{"title":"Ease in Emergency Hospital Visits Due to Covid-19 Following Implementation of a Telemedicine Service in Ceará, Brazil.","authors":"Antonia Célia de Castro Alcântara,&nbsp;Hermano Alexandre Lima Rocha,&nbsp;Caroline Calisto da Silva,&nbsp;Sabrina Gabriele Maia Oliveira Rocha,&nbsp;Danielle Leite Cunha de Queiroz,&nbsp;Flavio Lucio Pontes Ibiapina,&nbsp;Elias Bezerra Leite,&nbsp;Francisco Airton Castro da Rocha","doi":"10.1089/tmj.2021.0327","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2021.0327","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b><i>Background:</i></b> We assessed the impact of implementing a virtual emergency room (VER) in easing emergency room (ER) visits in patients suspected of having COVID-19. <b><i>Materials and Methods:</i></b> Retrospective observational cohort study conducted in May 2020 and in March 2021, during the first and second waves in Brazil. Patients could choose to either visiting ER or using the VER (implemented in March 2021). Medical records were revised for demographic and clinical data. The primary outcome was the number of visits. <b><i>Results:</i></b> A total of 32,822 visits were evaluated. HR was more than three times less in the VER group with <10% VER clients going to ER. The trend and volume of use of the emergency sector in the periods did not show a statistically significant difference, despite the higher number of cases in the second period. <b><i>Conclusion:</i></b> This telemedicine strategy led to a reduction in visits to the ER. Also, our results suggest the safety of this intervention.</p>","PeriodicalId":520784,"journal":{"name":"Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association","volume":" ","pages":"1058-1063"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39581913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
The Association Between e-Health Literacy and Willingness to Deprescribe Among Patients with Chronic Diseases: A Cross-Sectional Study from Jordan. 电子健康素养与慢性病患者开处方意愿之间的关系:来自约旦的横断面研究
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Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association Pub Date : 2022-07-01 Epub Date: 2021-11-22 DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2021.0331
Rawand A Khasawneh, Mohammad B Nusair, Rasha M Arabyat, Reema Karasneh, Sayer Al-Azzam
{"title":"The Association Between e-Health Literacy and Willingness to Deprescribe Among Patients with Chronic Diseases: A Cross-Sectional Study from Jordan.","authors":"Rawand A Khasawneh,&nbsp;Mohammad B Nusair,&nbsp;Rasha M Arabyat,&nbsp;Reema Karasneh,&nbsp;Sayer Al-Azzam","doi":"10.1089/tmj.2021.0331","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2021.0331","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b><i>Background:</i></b> Deprescribing refers to the partnered discontinuation of chronic medications to limit the negative impacts of polypharmacy. Polymedicated patients play a key role in the success of deprescribing efforts. eHealth literacy reflects patients' ability to appraise electronically available health-related information to make informed health care decisions, which partly reflect their desire to deprescribe. <b><i>Objectives:</i></b> The current study aimed to explore the relationship between eHealth literacy and willingness to deprescribe among patients with chronic diseases. Additionally, the predictors of willingness to deprescribe were examined. <b><i>Materials and Methods:</i></b> This cross-sectional study was conducted among adult patients with chronic diseases in Jordan. An online questionnaire comprising two validated tools, namely the Electronic Health Literacy Scale (eHEALS) and the Revised Patients' Attitudes Toward Deprescribing (rPATD) Questionnaire, was used for data collection. The questionnaire targeted adult patients with chronic medical conditions in Jordan and was posted to social media portals, following a convenience sampling technique. <b><i>Results:</i></b> A total of 719 responses were recorded and included in the final analysis. Participants with higher levels of eHealth literacy were more willing to get their medications deprescribed, as indicated by the perceived use of unneeded medications (<i>p</i> = 0.042). Meanwhile, participants with low levels of eHealth literacy were more likely to report fear of missing out on the potential benefits of deprescribed medications (<i>p</i> = 0.003). Other items that were commonly agreed upon by both the low and high eHealth literacy groups, respectively, included desire for dose reduction (<i>p</i> < 0.001, <i>p</i> < 0.001), belief in the lack of effectiveness of some prescribed medications (<i>p</i> < 0.001, <i>p</i> < 0.001), and fear of precipitating side effects (<i>p</i> = 0.001, <i>p</i> = 0.007). <b><i>Conclusions:</i></b> The present study highlighted the relationship between eHealth literacy and a number of items reflecting willingness to deprescribe, and these indicators can be used to guide future deprescribing efforts among eligible patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":520784,"journal":{"name":"Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association","volume":" ","pages":"1001-1008"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39646788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 5
Updated Review of the Pacific Asynchronous Telehealth System's Impact on Military Pediatric Teleconsultations. 太平洋异步远程医疗系统对军事儿科远程会诊影响的最新综述。
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Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association Pub Date : 2022-07-01 Epub Date: 2022-01-04 DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2021.0279
Mechelle Miller, Kara Delaney, Michael Lustik, Charles Nguyen, Milissa Jones, Jennifer Mbuthia
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