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[Telephone assistance for neurological diseases: a systematic review]
J M Trejo-Gabriel-Galán1, E Cubo-Delgado1
1Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Burgos, España.
Introduction And Objective:
While part of the care for neurological patients is done by telephone, it is not well known what neurological diseases and which part of that care is provided by telephone. Our goal is to find it out through a bibliographic review.
Materials And Methods:
References on telephone care for neurological diseases accessible through the PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane platforms have been systematically reviewed, with an unspecified start date and up to March 2022. We found 618 references, and as 219 did not pass the exclusion criteria, 399 were finally included in the review.
Results:
Dementia is the area of neurology with more publications about its telephone assistance. It is followed by stroke, head trauma, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and movement disorders, epilepsy, neuromuscular disorders, and others.
Discussion And Conclusions:
Dementias are the diseases with more bibliographic references on their telephone assistance despite not being the most prevalent. The telephone is frequently used to administer diagnostic scales or support caregivers and is particularly useful in diseases that limit mobility and attending a medical practice.
