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ArticleJournal of medical Internet research2020

Patients' Experiences of Telehealth in Palliative Home Care: Scoping Review.

Simen A Steindal, Andréa Aparecida Goncalves Nes, Tove E Godskesen, Alfhild Dihle, Susanne Lind, Anette Winger, Anna Klarare

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Article in Journal of medical Internet research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 112 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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112citing papers in PubMed, 12 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

112 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 236 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Simen A Steindal *Lovisenberg Diaconal University College, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-7676-8900
Andréa Aparecida Goncalves NesLovisenberg Diaconal University College, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-0684-1401
Tove E GodskesenPalliative Research Centre, Department of Health Care Sciences, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-6011-6740
Alfhild DihleOslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-8071-493X
Susanne LindPalliative Research Centre, Department of Health Care Sciences, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-0933-2741
Anette WingerOslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-9751-9698
Anna KlararePalliative Research Centre, Department of Health Care Sciences, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-7935-3260
Lovisenberg Diakonale Høgskole · NOOsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University · NOUppsala University · SEMarie Cederschiöld University · SE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTelehealth is increasingly being used in home care and could be one measure to support the needs of home-based patients receiving palliative care. However, no previous scoping review has mapped existing studies on the use of telehealth for patients in palliative home care.

objectiveThe aim of this study was to map and assess published studies on the use of telehealth for patients in palliative home care.

methodsA scoping review was conducted using the methodological framework of Arksey and O'Malley. Reporting was guided by Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews. A systematic and comprehensive search of Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, EMBASE, PsycINFO, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health was performed for studies published between January 2000 and October 2018. Two authors independently assessed eligibility and extracted data.

resultsThe review included 22 papers from 19 studies. Four thematic groupings were identified among the included papers: easy and effortless use of telehealth regardless of the current health condition, visual features that enhance communication and care via telehealth, symptom management and self-management promotion by telehealth, and perceptions of improved palliative care at home.

conclusionsThe use of telehealth in palliative home care seems to be feasible, improving access to health care professionals at home and enhancing feelings of security and safety. The visual features of telehealth seem to allow a genuine relationship with health care professionals. However, there are contradicting results on whether the use of telehealth improves burdensome symptoms and quality of life. Future research should investigate the experiences of using telehealth among patients with life-limiting illness other than cancer and patients aged 85 years or older. More research is needed to increase the body of knowledge regarding the effectiveness of telehealth on symptoms and quality of life.

Indexed as

Aged, 80 and overHumansPalliative CareQuality of LifeTelemedicinehealth care technologypalliative carereviewtelemedicine

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PMID32369037
PMCPMC7238080
OpenAlexW3005701063

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