Bridging the Needs of Adolescent Diabetes Care During COVID-19: A Nurse-Led Telehealth Initiative

Amidst the unprecedented global pandemic of COVID-19, attending to the needs of adolescents with diabetes mellitus became more challenging. They faced the uncertainty of access to care and the attendant problems of a lockdown. We present the nurse-led telehealth initiative for adolescents with diabe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lim, Soo Ting, Yap, Fabian, Chin, Xinyi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. 2020
Materias:
Clinical Observations
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7833853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32798101
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.07.012
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Sumario:Amidst the unprecedented global pandemic of COVID-19, attending to the needs of adolescents with diabetes mellitus became more challenging. They faced the uncertainty of access to care and the attendant problems of a lockdown. We present the nurse-led telehealth initiative for adolescents with diabetes mellitus, leveraging on existing infrastructure and resources with the aim of addressing the anticipated challenges that many of the adolescents might face. The initiative was well received among those who participated, and there were no significant adverse effects noted.

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