Telemedicine in primary healthcare for the quality of care in times of COVID-19: a scoping review protocol.

Autor:	Silva CRDV; Postgraduate in Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil renatadiniz_enf@yahoo.com.br., Lopes RH; Postgraduate in Collective Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil., Júnior OGB; Postgraduate in Collective Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil., Fuentealba-Torres M; Universidad de los Andes, Chile, Santiago, Chile., Arcêncio RA; Department of Maternal-Infant Nursing and Public Health, University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil., da Costa Uchôa SA; Department of Collective Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	BMJ open [BMJ Open] 2021 Jul 12; Vol. 11 (7), pp. e046227. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 12.
DOI:	10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046227
Abstrakt:	Introduction: Telemedicine gained strength in primary healthcare (PHC) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, there is a need to know its scope, technologies used and impacts on people's health. This study will map telemedicine use in PHC around the world and its impacts on quality of care in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This is a scoping review protocol developed according to Arksey and O'Malley and Levac et al , based on the Joanna Briggs Institute manual, and guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR). The records will be mapped in the following multidisciplinary health sciences databases: Virtual Health Library, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL and Embase. Searches will also be conducted on Google Scholar, preprint repositories and specific COVID-19 databases (grey literature). Quantitative data will be analysed using descriptive statistics, while thematic analysis will be performed for qualitative data. Preliminary findings will be presented to stakeholders to identify missing studies and develop effective dissemination strategies. Ethics and Dissemination: Results will be disseminated through publication in an open access scientific journal, scientific events, and academic and community newspapers. Ethical approval was obtained due to stakeholder consultation, but will not involve the direct participation of patients. Link to the protocol record in the Open Science Framework (OSF) (osf.io/q94en). Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared. (© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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