养老院的远程医疗技术:牙科的差距?
Ishmyne B Bhamra1, Jennifer E Gallagher1, Rakhee Patel1,2
1Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, King's College London, London SE5 9RS, UK.
Journal of public health (Oxford, England)
|December 16, 2023
概括
养老院的远程医疗有望减少住院和成本,远程牙科是可行的和可以接受的. 需要更多的研究来探索它的全部潜力和在老年护理机构的实施.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健技术 医疗保健技术 医疗保健技术
- 老年人护理医院 老年人护理
- 牙科公共卫生 牙科公共卫生
背景情况:
- 远程医疗技术越来越多地被整合到医疗保健提供中.
- 养老院正在探索创新解决方案,以改善居民护理.
- 本综述专门研究了养老院的远程医疗应用,重点是远程牙科.
研究的目的:
- 审查现有的关于养老院远程医疗技术的文献.
- 专注于远程牙科在这个环境中的特定应用和结果.
主要方法:
- 采用快速审查方法,包括搜索主要的电子数据库 (Embase,PubMed,科学网,OpenGrey).
- 对1525篇论文/摘要进行了选,对75篇论文进行了全文评估.
- 使用2018年混合方法评估工具评估偏差风险.
主要成果:
- 包括来自10个国家的47篇论文 (40项研究) (1997-2021年);只有4篇专注于远程牙科.
- 利益相关者认为,医院住院减少 (14项研究),节省成本 (8项研究) 和高诊断准确性 (7项研究) 等好处.
- 使用口腔内摄像头的远程牙科研究表明可行性,潜在的诊断准确性,成本节省和患者接受度.
结论:
- 关于养老院远程牙科的发表研究有限,但更广泛的远程医疗发现适用.
- 在养老院的远程医疗似乎是可以接受的,具有成本效益,并提供潜在的诊断准确性.
- 进一步的研究对于确定远程牙科在养老院的最佳模式,实用性和可接受性至关重要.
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