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Satisfaction with Telemedicine for Cancer Pain Management: A Model of Care and Cross-Sectional Patient Satisfaction Study
Background: Since cancer pain requires complex modalities of care, the proper strategy for addressing its telemedicine-based management should be better defined. This study aimed to trace a pathway for a progressive implementation of the telemedicine process for the treatment of pain in the setting...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9406413/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36005177 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/curroncol29080439 |
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author | Cascella, Marco Coluccia, Sergio Grizzuti, Mariacinzia Romano, Maria Cristina Esposito, Gennaro Crispo, Anna Cuomo, Arturo |
author_facet | Cascella, Marco Coluccia, Sergio Grizzuti, Mariacinzia Romano, Maria Cristina Esposito, Gennaro Crispo, Anna Cuomo, Arturo |
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description | Background: Since cancer pain requires complex modalities of care, the proper strategy for addressing its telemedicine-based management should be better defined. This study aimed to trace a pathway for a progressive implementation of the telemedicine process for the treatment of pain in the setting of cancer patients. Methods: The features of the model were investigated to dissect the dropout from the telemedicine pathway. A cross-sectional patient satisfaction study was conducted. The degree of satisfaction was evaluated through a developed 22-item questionnaire (Likert scale 0–7). Results: A total of 375 video consultations for 164 patients (mean age 62.9 years) were performed through remote consultations for cancer pain management between March 2021 and February 2022. After the exclusion of 72 patients, 92 (56.1%) were included in the analysis. The dropout ratio was 8.7%. The number of visits and pharmacological therapies for neuropathic pain correlated with the risk for readmission (p < 0.05). Overall, the satisfaction was very high (mean > 5.5 for all items). Conclusion: Feedback from patients reflected high satisfaction rates with the care provided. A methodological approach based on the degree of satisfaction combined with the analysis of the pathways can help to implement the quality of a service provided through telemedicine. While not without limitations, our hybrid protocol can be useful for addressing cancer pain through a patient-centered approach. |
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spelling | pubmed-94064132022-08-26 Satisfaction with Telemedicine for Cancer Pain Management: A Model of Care and Cross-Sectional Patient Satisfaction Study Cascella, Marco Coluccia, Sergio Grizzuti, Mariacinzia Romano, Maria Cristina Esposito, Gennaro Crispo, Anna Cuomo, Arturo Curr Oncol Article Background: Since cancer pain requires complex modalities of care, the proper strategy for addressing its telemedicine-based management should be better defined. This study aimed to trace a pathway for a progressive implementation of the telemedicine process for the treatment of pain in the setting of cancer patients. Methods: The features of the model were investigated to dissect the dropout from the telemedicine pathway. A cross-sectional patient satisfaction study was conducted. The degree of satisfaction was evaluated through a developed 22-item questionnaire (Likert scale 0–7). Results: A total of 375 video consultations for 164 patients (mean age 62.9 years) were performed through remote consultations for cancer pain management between March 2021 and February 2022. After the exclusion of 72 patients, 92 (56.1%) were included in the analysis. The dropout ratio was 8.7%. The number of visits and pharmacological therapies for neuropathic pain correlated with the risk for readmission (p < 0.05). Overall, the satisfaction was very high (mean > 5.5 for all items). Conclusion: Feedback from patients reflected high satisfaction rates with the care provided. A methodological approach based on the degree of satisfaction combined with the analysis of the pathways can help to implement the quality of a service provided through telemedicine. While not without limitations, our hybrid protocol can be useful for addressing cancer pain through a patient-centered approach. MDPI 2022-08-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9406413/ /pubmed/36005177 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/curroncol29080439 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Cascella, Marco Coluccia, Sergio Grizzuti, Mariacinzia Romano, Maria Cristina Esposito, Gennaro Crispo, Anna Cuomo, Arturo Satisfaction with Telemedicine for Cancer Pain Management: A Model of Care and Cross-Sectional Patient Satisfaction Study |
title | Satisfaction with Telemedicine for Cancer Pain Management: A Model of Care and Cross-Sectional Patient Satisfaction Study |
title_full | Satisfaction with Telemedicine for Cancer Pain Management: A Model of Care and Cross-Sectional Patient Satisfaction Study |
title_fullStr | Satisfaction with Telemedicine for Cancer Pain Management: A Model of Care and Cross-Sectional Patient Satisfaction Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Satisfaction with Telemedicine for Cancer Pain Management: A Model of Care and Cross-Sectional Patient Satisfaction Study |
title_short | Satisfaction with Telemedicine for Cancer Pain Management: A Model of Care and Cross-Sectional Patient Satisfaction Study |
title_sort | satisfaction with telemedicine for cancer pain management: a model of care and cross-sectional patient satisfaction study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9406413/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36005177 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/curroncol29080439 |
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