Changes in the management of IBD patients since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic. A path toward the implementation of telemedicine in Spain?

Autor:	Del Hoyo J; Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic de Valencia, Valencia, Spain., Millán M; Coloproctology Unit, Department of Surgery, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic de Valencia, Valencia, Spain., Garrido-Marín A; Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic de Valencia, Valencia, Spain., Nos P; Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic de Valencia, Valencia, Spain; Networked Biomedical Research Center for Hepatic and Digestive Diseases (CIBERehd), Madrid, Spain; Health Research Institute La Fe, Valencia, Spain., Barreiro-de Acosta M; Gastroenterology Department of Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain., Bujanda L; Networked Biomedical Research Center for Hepatic and Digestive Diseases (CIBERehd), Madrid, Spain; Hospital Donostia/Instituto Biodonostia, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), San Sebastián, Spain., de la Portilla F; Coloproctology Unit, Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Virgen del Rocio University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain; IBiS/CSIC, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain., Aguas M; Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic de Valencia, Valencia, Spain; Networked Biomedical Research Center for Hepatic and Digestive Diseases (CIBERehd), Madrid, Spain; Health Research Institute La Fe, Valencia, Spain. Electronic address: aguas_mar@gva.es.
Jazyk:	English; Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj:	Gastroenterologia y hepatologia [Gastroenterol Hepatol] 2022 Nov; Vol. 45 (9), pp. 697-705. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Sep 08.
DOI:	10.1016/j.gastrohep.2021.08.006
Abstrakt:	Background: COVID-19 pandemic increased medical services demand aside from interrupting daily clinical practice for other diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Here we present the results of a survey to gain the perception of IBD specialists in their patient-management using telemedicine in their daily practice. Methods: This was an observational survey study among physicians focused on IBD (gastroenterologist, surgeons, and pediatricians) members of the Spanish Working Group on Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis (GETECCU), the Spanish Association of Gastroenterology (AEG), and the Spanish Association of Coloproctology (AECP), regarding changes of management of IBD patients. Results: We received a total of 269 responses to the survey (from May to June 2020). Before the pandemic, nearly all the respondents reported performing very frequently their visits face-to-face (n=251, 93.3%) while, during the pandemic, the telephone visits were the most frequent visits performed (n=138, 51.3%). Regarding communication difficulties, 157 (58.4%) respondents reported the impossibility of performing a proper examination as the most relevant issue. Also, 114 (42.4%) respondents considered remote visits more time-consuming than face-to-face visits. Most gastroenterologists (n=188, 83.2%) considered patients with active perianal disease in special need of face-to-face consultation and more than half of the surgeons (n=35, 50.7%) reported having performed an immediate postoperative follow-up remotely. Conclusions: Most IBD units have implemented remote visits during the pandemic, but most professionals found them more time-consuming and unsuitable for some disease profiles. Therefore, there is a need for the development of better telemedicine systems that can meet professionals' and patients' requirements. (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)
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