How Has COVID-19 Changed the Way We Do Virtual Care? A Scoping Review Protocol
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion and Future Research
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Framework Component | Criteria |
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Population | COVID-19 patients (non-hospitalized, outpatient, self-isolating, community) receiving any healthcare intervention that is delivered by virtual modality |
Concepts | Increased follow-up, support, assessment during self-isolation, increased compliance with COVID-19 isolation requirements |
Context | Increased use of technology for delivery of care; Consideration of multiple forms of virtual care including telehealth, video conferencing, smart apps, wearable technology or other types of virtual care; Care delivered for the purpose of treating COVID-19 patients who were isolating in place |
Question Number | Question | Answer |
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1 | Does the title or abstract address the community-based self-isolating COVID-19 patient population (COVID-19 patient includes a diagnosis or positive result)? Exclude: -epidemiological surveillance -contact tracing/case tracking, symptom or case monitoring for purpose of quarantine compliance (that is, not providing care) -case presentation/report; descriptions of one or two COVID-19 patients (n = 1) | Yes—Include No—Exclude Cannot tell—Include |
2 | Does the title or abstract address the use of virtual care for the purpose of caring for the community-based self-isolating COVID-19 patient (virtual care includes telemedicine, telehealth, mhealth, ehealth, digital health, remote monitoring, remote consultation)? Exclude: -if comorbid condition, e.g., diabetes, but the virtual care is for diabetes management, not for COVID -talk about technologies/virtual care hypothetically but not administering the virtual care to a COVID-19 patient | Yes—Include No—Exclude Cannot tell—Include |
3 | Does the title or abstract indicate outpatient quarantine (in the community or at home, that is, not in-hospital)? Include: -isolation centres/hotels Exclude: -long-term care homes | Yes—Include No—Exclude Cannot tell—Include |
Question Number | Question | Answer |
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1 | Does the article describe an empirical (research) study? Include: All quantitative or qualitative research studies. Included also are systematic reviews, meta-analyses and literature reviews with a core focus on virtual care for community-based self-isolating COVID-19 patients. Exclude: case presentation/report; descriptions of one or two COVID-19 patients (n = 1 or 2) -discussion/opinion/reflective/editorial pape r-conference papers -non-peer-reviewed articles -articles that recommend how virtual care could be used for COVID-19 patients but do not implement -best practice guidelines/procedural pape r-study protocol where the research has not occurred yet -systematic reviews, meta-analyses, literature reviews that focus only on virtual care and not related to community-based COVID-19 patients | Yes—Include No—Exclude Cannot tell—Include |
2 | Does the study describe the delivery of health interventions to COVID-19 patients, where the primary intervention uses virtual modality (that is planned/intentional use of virtual care; intention to use virtual care for COVID-19 patient as opposed to “pivoted” to virtual care)? Does the results section include analysis for the virtual care component and is it focused on the COVID 19 patient (as opposed to analysis on other care providers; family members etc.)? Exclude: offering virtual care as an offshoot using technology but not to deliver care -improving/evaluating health provider training -implementing virtual care as a department/organization in response to pandemic restrictions -epidemiological surveillance or contact tracing/case tracking, symptom or case monitoring for purpose of quarantine compliance (that is, not providing care) -use of technology to screen for COVID before entering a facility talk about technologies/virtual care hypothetically as a good recommendation but not administering the virtual care to a COVID-19 patient -social media that does not include any interaction between care provider and patient (that is, general messaging accessible to the public rather than customized for the individual patient) -use of virtual modality for the purpose of data collection for the study rather than delivery of care | Yes—Include No—Exclude Cannot tell—Include |
3 | Is the study population of diagnosed COVID-19 patients during the active phase of the virus/illness (e.g., recently diagnosed, in self-isolation or quarantining during the period of communicability) in the community (that is, not in-person/inpatient at a health care facility)? Include: -studies with patients in the home or in the community -studies with COVID hotel or isolation centres Exclude: -studies that look at potential cases of COVID-19 where the patient population has not been assessed for or diagnosed with COVID-19 -studies where COVID-19 has been resolved and patients are healthy | Yes—Include No—Exclude Cannot tell—Include |
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Catallo, C.; Chung-Lee, L. How Has COVID-19 Changed the Way We Do Virtual Care? A Scoping Review Protocol. Healthcare 2022, 10, 1847. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10101847
Catallo C, Chung-Lee L. How Has COVID-19 Changed the Way We Do Virtual Care? A Scoping Review Protocol. Healthcare. 2022; 10(10):1847. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10101847
Chicago/Turabian StyleCatallo, Cristina, and Leinic Chung-Lee. 2022. "How Has COVID-19 Changed the Way We Do Virtual Care? A Scoping Review Protocol" Healthcare 10, no. 10: 1847. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10101847