Teledermatology in the COVID-19 pandemic : A systematic review

© 2021 by the American Academy of Dermatology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc..

BACKGROUND: Teledermatology (TD) has emerged as a critical way of delivering care remotely in the COVID-19 pandemic.

OBJECTIVE: We conducted a systematic review to assess how TD has been implemented worldwide.

METHODS: We searched PubMed, Scopus, Embase, Web of Science, and Google Scholar for articles on the use of TD for patient care, written in English and published from December 1, 2019, to October 15, 2020.

RESULTS: Twenty-seven studies were included, involving 16,981 patients. There was significant uptake of TD during the pandemic. Synchronous TD appeared to be more commonly implemented than asynchronous TD. Common ambulatory dermatoses such as acne or eczema were reported to be more amenable to TD assessment and management. TD also appeared to be useful for the diagnosis of cutaneous involvement of COVID-19 infection and follow-up of stable oncodermatology cases.

LIMITATIONS: A pooled analysis of all relevant outcomes was not always possible due to the heterogeneity in the methodologies of included studies.

CONCLUSION: TD is a useful and convenient tool for the management of common ambulatory dermatoses in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:5

Enthalten in:

JAAD international - 5(2021) vom: 17. Dez., Seite 54-64

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Loh, Chee Hoou [VerfasserIn]
Chong Tam, Steve Yew [VerfasserIn]
Oh, Choon Chiat [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Coronavirus
FTF, face-to-face
Journal Article
Review
SARS-CoV-2
Systematic review
TD, teledermatology
Teledermatology
Telehealth
Telemedicine

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 26.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jdin.2021.07.007

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM329129538