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Utilization of telemedicine in rhinologic practice during COVID-19 pandemic
BACKGROUND: The only two preventive interventions available for COVID-19 have been social distancing and quarantine. These preventive measures challenge health care providers by causing cancelations of elective in-person outpatient clinic visits in many hospitals, particularly in otolaryngology clin...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7817525/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33508591 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjoto.2021.102929 |
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author | Alshareef, Mohammad Alsaleh, Saad Albaharna, Hussain Alghulikah, Abdulrahman Aloulah, Mohammad Alroqi, Ahmad Alromaih, Saud Alanazy, Fatma H. Al-Dousary, Surayie |
author_facet | Alshareef, Mohammad Alsaleh, Saad Albaharna, Hussain Alghulikah, Abdulrahman Aloulah, Mohammad Alroqi, Ahmad Alromaih, Saud Alanazy, Fatma H. Al-Dousary, Surayie |
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description | BACKGROUND: The only two preventive interventions available for COVID-19 have been social distancing and quarantine. These preventive measures challenge health care providers by causing cancelations of elective in-person outpatient clinic visits in many hospitals, particularly in otolaryngology clinics. OBJECTIVES: To assess the applicability and feasibility of telemedicine in rhinology cases with a study of outcomes to guide rhinologists on indications of in-office visits. Assessment of patient satisfaction with telemedicine in the rhinology clinic was also investigated. METHODS: A retrospective review of electronic charts of all adult patients (>18 years) who were scheduled in the rhinology clinics of King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and received a phone call as a part of telemedicine care from April through June 2020. Demographics (including age and gender), diagnosis, plan of treatment, and status of the visit (either new or follow-up) were collected. In addition, we used a special questionnaire to measure the satisfaction rate among patients who received telemedicine services. RESULTS: A total of 339 patients were included. The mean age was 41 years with 60.2% males. Only 5 cases (1.48%) were asked to attend to the clinic. The vast majority of cases were given a follow-up (n = 311, 91.7%). The most common diagnosis among the follow-up cases was chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis (n = 130, 38.3%). The satisfaction telephone survey had a total of 41 respondents out of 80 cases selected randomly. Most respondents (83.3%) were satisfied with telemedicine services. CONCLUSION: We conclude that telemedicine proved its effectiveness in the efficient management and screening of rhinology cases during public health emergencies while providing sufficient protection for patients and medical practitioners. Telemedicine as a modality of care during the pandemic faced minor or no opposition given patients' understanding of the importance of social distancing. |
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spelling | pubmed-78175252021-01-21 Utilization of telemedicine in rhinologic practice during COVID-19 pandemic Alshareef, Mohammad Alsaleh, Saad Albaharna, Hussain Alghulikah, Abdulrahman Aloulah, Mohammad Alroqi, Ahmad Alromaih, Saud Alanazy, Fatma H. Al-Dousary, Surayie Am J Otolaryngol Article BACKGROUND: The only two preventive interventions available for COVID-19 have been social distancing and quarantine. These preventive measures challenge health care providers by causing cancelations of elective in-person outpatient clinic visits in many hospitals, particularly in otolaryngology clinics. OBJECTIVES: To assess the applicability and feasibility of telemedicine in rhinology cases with a study of outcomes to guide rhinologists on indications of in-office visits. Assessment of patient satisfaction with telemedicine in the rhinology clinic was also investigated. METHODS: A retrospective review of electronic charts of all adult patients (>18 years) who were scheduled in the rhinology clinics of King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and received a phone call as a part of telemedicine care from April through June 2020. Demographics (including age and gender), diagnosis, plan of treatment, and status of the visit (either new or follow-up) were collected. In addition, we used a special questionnaire to measure the satisfaction rate among patients who received telemedicine services. RESULTS: A total of 339 patients were included. The mean age was 41 years with 60.2% males. Only 5 cases (1.48%) were asked to attend to the clinic. The vast majority of cases were given a follow-up (n = 311, 91.7%). The most common diagnosis among the follow-up cases was chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis (n = 130, 38.3%). The satisfaction telephone survey had a total of 41 respondents out of 80 cases selected randomly. Most respondents (83.3%) were satisfied with telemedicine services. CONCLUSION: We conclude that telemedicine proved its effectiveness in the efficient management and screening of rhinology cases during public health emergencies while providing sufficient protection for patients and medical practitioners. Telemedicine as a modality of care during the pandemic faced minor or no opposition given patients' understanding of the importance of social distancing. Elsevier Inc. 2021 2021-01-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7817525/ /pubmed/33508591 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjoto.2021.102929 Text en © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
spellingShingle | Article Alshareef, Mohammad Alsaleh, Saad Albaharna, Hussain Alghulikah, Abdulrahman Aloulah, Mohammad Alroqi, Ahmad Alromaih, Saud Alanazy, Fatma H. Al-Dousary, Surayie Utilization of telemedicine in rhinologic practice during COVID-19 pandemic |
title | Utilization of telemedicine in rhinologic practice during COVID-19 pandemic |
title_full | Utilization of telemedicine in rhinologic practice during COVID-19 pandemic |
title_fullStr | Utilization of telemedicine in rhinologic practice during COVID-19 pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | Utilization of telemedicine in rhinologic practice during COVID-19 pandemic |
title_short | Utilization of telemedicine in rhinologic practice during COVID-19 pandemic |
title_sort | utilization of telemedicine in rhinologic practice during covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7817525/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33508591 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjoto.2021.102929 |
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