ReviewFrontiers in public health2014
Telemedicine for epilepsy support in resource-poor settings.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Smartphone-based application to control and prevent overweight and obesity in children: design and evaluation.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2023Article
- Role of Telemedicine and Digital Technology in Public Health in India: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2023Review
- The burden of neurological disorders across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990-2019.The Lancet. Global health · 2021Article
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- Comprehensive management of epilepsy in onchocerciasis-endemic areas: lessons learnt from community-based surveys.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2019Review
- Community perceptions of epilepsy and its treatment in an onchocerciasis endemic region in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2018Article
- Remote care of a patient with stroke in rural Trinidad: use of telemedicine to optimise global neurological care.BMJ case reports · 2016Article
- Emerging technologies to measure neighborhood conditions in public health: implications for interventions and next steps.International journal of health geographics · 2016Review
- mHealth For Aging China: Opportunities and Challenges.Aging and disease · 2016Review
- Potential for the use of mHealth in the management of cardiovascular disease in Kerala: a qualitative study.BMJ open · 2015Article
- Telemedicine in low-resource settings.Frontiers in public health · 2015Article
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Abstract
the problemEpilepsy is a common disease worldwide causing significant physical and social disability. It is one of the most treatable neurological diseases. Yet, in rural, poorer countries like much of India and Nepal, most people with epilepsy are not undergoing any treatment often because they cannot access doctors. Conventional Approaches: It is being appreciated that perhaps doctors are not the solution and that enabling health workers to treat epilepsy may be better. Few details, however, have been put forward about how that might be achieved. Thinking Differently: Untreated epilepsy should be considered a public health problem like HIV/AIDS, the various steps needed for treatment identified and solutions found. Telemedicine Approaches: Telemedicine might contribute to two steps - diagnosis and review. A tool that enables non-doctors to diagnose episodes as epileptic has been developed as a mobile phone app and has good applicability, sensitivity, and specificity for the diagnosis. There are a number of ways in which the use of phone review or short messaging service can improve management.
conclusionTelemedicine, as part of a public health program, can potentially help the millions of people in the resource-poor world with untreated epilepsy.
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