SynthesisBMC health services research2014
Effect of telemedicine follow-up care of leg and foot ulcers: a systematic review.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Remotely Delivered Monitoring and Management of Diabetes-Related Foot Disease: An Overview of Systematic Reviews.Journal of diabetes science and technology · 2023Pooled it
- Patient experiences with technology enabled care across healthcare settings- a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2020Pooled it
- Telemedicine in Chronic Wound Management: Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Pooled it
- [Teleconsultation for vascular- and diabetes-associated chronic wounds : A systematic review of health-related and economic implications].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2020Pooled it
- Wound-care teams for preventing and treating pressure ulcers.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- PICO-based assessment and categorization of evidence for digital health interventions: an inductive framework development.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Review
- Domains, Feasibility, Effectiveness, Cost, and Acceptability of Telehealth in Aging Care: Scoping Review of Systematic Reviews.JMIR aging · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of Telemedicine for the Management of Foot Ulcers in People With Diabetes: A Meta-Analysis.Cureus · 2022Review
- Review of Systematic Reviews in the Field of Telemedicine.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2021Article
- Costs and Benefits of Telemedicine Compared to Face-to-Face Treatment in Patients with Lower Extremity Ulcers.Advances in wound care · 2019Article
- [Mobile teledermatology in the treatment of chronic ulcers].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2019Article
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- Views of Patients on Using mHealth to Monitor and Prevent Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Qualitative Study.JMIR diabetes · 2017Article
- Feasibility and safety of surgical wound remote follow-up by smart phone in appendectomy: A pilot study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2017Article
- Telemedicine Versus Standard Follow-Up Care for Diabetes-Related Foot Ulcers: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Noninferiority Trial (DiaFOTo).JMIR research protocols · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundLeg ulcers and diabetes-related foot ulcers are frequent and costly complications of their underlying diseases and thus represent a critical issue for public health. Since the population is aging, the prevalence of these conditions will probably increase considerably and require more resources. Treatment of leg and foot ulcers often demands frequent contact with the health care system, may pose great burden on the patient, and involves follow-up in both primary and specialist care. Telemedicine provides potential for more effective care management of leg and foot ulcers. The objective of this systematic review of the literature was to assess the effect of telemedicine follow-up care on clinical, behavioral or organizational outcomes among patients with leg and foot ulcers.
methodsWe searched Ovid MEDLINE (1980-), Ovid EMBASE (1980-), Clinical Trials in the Cochrane Library (via Wiley), Ebsco CINAHL with Fulltext (1981-) and SveMed + (1977-) up to May 2014 for relevant articles. We considered randomized controlled trials, non-randomized trials, controlled before-after studies and prospective cohort studies for inclusion and selected studies according to predefined criteria. Three reviewers independently assessed the included studies using the Cochrane Collaboration risk-of-bias tool. We performed a narrative synthesis of results and assessed the strength of evidence for each outcome using GRADE (grading of recommendations, assessment, development and evaluation).
resultsOnly one non-randomized study was included. The study (n = 140) measured the effect of real-time interactive video consultation compared with face-to-face follow-up on healing time, adjusted healing ratio and the number of ulcers at 12 weeks among patients with neuropathic forefoot ulcerations. There were no statistically significant differences in results of the different outcomes between patients receiving telemedicine and traditional follow-up. We assessed the study to have a high risk of bias.
conclusionsThere is insufficient evidence available to unambiguously determine whether telemedicine consultation of leg and foot ulcers is as effective as traditional follow-up.
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