مورد إلكتروني
Assessing the Utility and Patient Satisfaction of Virtual Retina Clinics During COVID-19 Pandemic
| العنوان: | Assessing the Utility and Patient Satisfaction of Virtual Retina Clinics During COVID-19 Pandemic |
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| بيانات النشر: | Dove Medical Press 2022 |
| تفاصيل مُضافة: | Dermatología, oftalmología y otorrinolaringología Dermatologia, oftalmologia eta otorrinolaringologia Juaristi, Leire Irigoyen, Cristina Chapartegui, Jaione Guibelalde González, Ane Mar Medina, Javier |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Electronic Resource |
| مستخلص: | [EN] Purpose: To explore whether the virtual retina clinic (VRC) has been a useful and safe platform for monitoring retinal diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic and assessing patient satisfaction. Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted for patients with stable retinal diseases in Donostia University Hospital's Ophthalmology Service during the pandemic. All patients were assessed in the VRC with optical coherence tomography of the macula and widefield retinography, plus visual field tests in hydroxychloroquine retinopathy screenings. The VRC's effectiveness was evaluated with repeat blind assessments and patient satisfaction with an adapted SERVQUAL scale. Results: The most common diseases were diabetic retinopathy (30.3%) and age-related macular degeneration (21.8%). Most patients (74%) were eligible to continue in the VRC, 19.3% were referred to face-to-face (F2F) appointments and 6.6% were discharged. Patients underwent repeat blind assessments in F2F appointments to monitor VRC performance in 23.7% of the cases. The sensitivity to detect disease progression was 100%. The specificity was 80.1%. The VRC took half the time. The patient overall satisfaction rating was 9.8/10. Conclusion: The VRC, as an additional platform, supports F2F appointments. Almost three-quarters of patients could continue being safely seen in the VRC. The virtual approach decreases SARS-CoV-2 exposure. Patient satisfaction is very good. |
| مصطلحات الفهرس: | clarus ultra-widefield camera, SARS-CoV-2 exposure, virtual retina clinic, teleretina, widefield fundus retinography, info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| URL: | 1177-5483 |
| الإتاحة: | Open access content. Open access content |
| ملاحظة: | Bottom-Up grant from the Basque Government Health Department English |
| أرقام أخرى: | ESUPV oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/57701 1376897704 |
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| رقم الانضمام: | edsoai.on1376897704 |
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