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The Use of Tele Practice in Assessment of Middle Ear Function in Adults Living with HIV During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is the latest threat to global health that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Tele-practice has inadvertently sprung to the forefront to become a common practice amongst healthcare providers during COVID-19. Limited evidence exists on the use of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8418790/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34513636 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12070-021-02836-x |
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author | Sebothoma, Ben Khoza-Shangase, Katijah Masege, Dipuo Mol, Duane |
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description | Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is the latest threat to global health that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Tele-practice has inadvertently sprung to the forefront to become a common practice amongst healthcare providers during COVID-19. Limited evidence exists on the use of tele-practice in assessing middle ear function in adults living with HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aims of this study were to investigate the use of tele-practice for assessment of middle ear function in adults with HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic. A quantitative observational, cross-sectional design was adopted. A total of 134 adults diagnosed with HIV were purposively selected from the HIV clinic. An audiology researcher, in the role of site-facilitator, captured video otoscopic images of the tympanic membrane using a video otoscopy for all participants through asynchronous tele-practice. All captured images were sent to two independent otorhinolaryngologists for diagnosis. Findings of this study indicated that tele-practice can be used to assess middle ear function in adults living with HIV during COVID-19 pandemic. When asynchronous tele-practice was used, there was a moderate diagnostic agreement (k = 0.58) between the two otorhinolaryngologists on abnormality versus normality, but poor agreement (k = 0.15) on the nature of abnormality (e.g. OME vs CSOM). Current findings highlight the urgent need for a widespread use of tele-practice during the continued clinical follow up and management of adults living with HIV, and the implementation of tele-practice, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where capacity versus demand challenges related to ear and hearing care continue to exists. |
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spelling | pubmed-84187902021-09-07 The Use of Tele Practice in Assessment of Middle Ear Function in Adults Living with HIV During the COVID-19 Pandemic Sebothoma, Ben Khoza-Shangase, Katijah Masege, Dipuo Mol, Duane Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg Original Article Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is the latest threat to global health that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Tele-practice has inadvertently sprung to the forefront to become a common practice amongst healthcare providers during COVID-19. Limited evidence exists on the use of tele-practice in assessing middle ear function in adults living with HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aims of this study were to investigate the use of tele-practice for assessment of middle ear function in adults with HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic. A quantitative observational, cross-sectional design was adopted. A total of 134 adults diagnosed with HIV were purposively selected from the HIV clinic. An audiology researcher, in the role of site-facilitator, captured video otoscopic images of the tympanic membrane using a video otoscopy for all participants through asynchronous tele-practice. All captured images were sent to two independent otorhinolaryngologists for diagnosis. Findings of this study indicated that tele-practice can be used to assess middle ear function in adults living with HIV during COVID-19 pandemic. When asynchronous tele-practice was used, there was a moderate diagnostic agreement (k = 0.58) between the two otorhinolaryngologists on abnormality versus normality, but poor agreement (k = 0.15) on the nature of abnormality (e.g. OME vs CSOM). Current findings highlight the urgent need for a widespread use of tele-practice during the continued clinical follow up and management of adults living with HIV, and the implementation of tele-practice, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where capacity versus demand challenges related to ear and hearing care continue to exists. Springer India 2021-09-05 2022-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8418790/ /pubmed/34513636 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12070-021-02836-x Text en © Association of Otolaryngologists of India 2021 |
spellingShingle | Original Article Sebothoma, Ben Khoza-Shangase, Katijah Masege, Dipuo Mol, Duane The Use of Tele Practice in Assessment of Middle Ear Function in Adults Living with HIV During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title | The Use of Tele Practice in Assessment of Middle Ear Function in Adults Living with HIV During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full | The Use of Tele Practice in Assessment of Middle Ear Function in Adults Living with HIV During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_fullStr | The Use of Tele Practice in Assessment of Middle Ear Function in Adults Living with HIV During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | The Use of Tele Practice in Assessment of Middle Ear Function in Adults Living with HIV During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_short | The Use of Tele Practice in Assessment of Middle Ear Function in Adults Living with HIV During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_sort | use of tele practice in assessment of middle ear function in adults living with hiv during the covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8418790/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34513636 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12070-021-02836-x |
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