Can Teledentistry Improve the Monitoring of Patients during the Covid-19 Dissemination? A Descriptive Pilot Study.
Adult
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Community Dentistry
Coronavirus
Coronavirus Infections
Delivery of Health Care
Dental Clinics
Dental Health Services
/ organization & administration
Dentistry
Female
Humans
Italy
/ epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Mobile Applications
Mouth Diseases
/ diagnosis
Pandemics
Pilot Projects
Pneumonia, Viral
Public Health Dentistry
Referral and Consultation
Remote Consultation
SARS-CoV-2
Telemedicine
Young Adult
Covid-19
WhatsApp
community dentistry
dental public health
dentistry
teledentistry
telemedicine
Journal
International journal of environmental research and public health
ISSN: 1660-4601
Titre abrégé: Int J Environ Res Public Health
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101238455
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
13 05 2020
13 05 2020
Historique:
received:
19
04
2020
revised:
11
05
2020
accepted:
12
05
2020
entrez:
17
5
2020
pubmed:
18
5
2020
medline:
22
5
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The aim of this pilot study was to describe the advantages of telemedicine (TM) in dental practice during the current national emergency condition due to the Covid-19 dissemination. At Department of Oral Surgery and Pathology-Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, regional reference center for Covid-19-two groups of patients were determined: patients with urgent conditions (group U) and patients in follow-up (group F). Both groups were instructed to implement remote consultations using a messaging service (WhatsApp Messenger, WhatsApp Inc., Mountain View, California, USA) to send photos. A total of 418 photos were collected by 57 patients. Thirty-four photos were obtained by five patients in the U group after surgical procedures. All patients sent photos on the established evening, except for two patients who sent two photos outside the set days. In the F group, 384 photos were collected by 52 patients. None of them sent more photos than the number that was established by the protocol. Telemedicine allowed a monitoring of all patients, reducing costs and limiting human contact, decreasing the risk of Covid-19 dissemination.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32414126
pii: ijerph17103399
doi: 10.3390/ijerph17103399
pmc: PMC7277372
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
General practitioner
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