Follow-up of telemedicine mental health interventions amid COVID-19 pandemic.

Autor: Roncero C; Psychiatric Unit, School of Medicine, University of Salamanca (Spain), Campus Miguel de Unamuno, Calle Alfonso X El Sabio s/n, 37007, Salamanca, Spain. carlosroncero@usal.es.; Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL), Hospital Virgen de la Vega, 10ª Planta, Paseo de San Vicente, 58-182, 37007, Salamanca, Spain. carlosroncero@usal.es., Díaz-Trejo S; Psychiatry Service, University of Salamanca Health Care Complex, Paseo de San Vicente 58-182, 37007, Salamanca, Spain., Álvarez-Lamas E; Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL), Hospital Virgen de la Vega, 10ª Planta, Paseo de San Vicente, 58-182, 37007, Salamanca, Spain.; Psychiatry Service, University of Salamanca Health Care Complex, Paseo de San Vicente 58-182, 37007, Salamanca, Spain., García-Ullán L; Psychiatric Unit, School of Medicine, University of Salamanca (Spain), Campus Miguel de Unamuno, Calle Alfonso X El Sabio s/n, 37007, Salamanca, Spain.; Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL), Hospital Virgen de la Vega, 10ª Planta, Paseo de San Vicente, 58-182, 37007, Salamanca, Spain.; Psychiatry Service, University of Salamanca Health Care Complex, Paseo de San Vicente 58-182, 37007, Salamanca, Spain., Bersabé-Pérez M; Psiquiatric Service, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Av. de Menéndez Pelayo, 65, Retiro, 28009, Madrid, Spain., Benito-Sánchez JA; Psychiatric Unit, School of Medicine, University of Salamanca (Spain), Campus Miguel de Unamuno, Calle Alfonso X El Sabio s/n, 37007, Salamanca, Spain.; Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL), Hospital Virgen de la Vega, 10ª Planta, Paseo de San Vicente, 58-182, 37007, Salamanca, Spain.; Psychiatry Service, University of Salamanca Health Care Complex, Paseo de San Vicente 58-182, 37007, Salamanca, Spain., González-Sánchez A; Psychiatric Unit, School of Medicine, University of Salamanca (Spain), Campus Miguel de Unamuno, Calle Alfonso X El Sabio s/n, 37007, Salamanca, Spain.; Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL), Hospital Virgen de la Vega, 10ª Planta, Paseo de San Vicente, 58-182, 37007, Salamanca, Spain.; Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca (UPSA), C/ Compañía, 5, 37002, Salamanca, Spain.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2024 Jun 28; Vol. 14 (1), pp. 14921. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 28.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-65382-w
Abstrakt: The initiation of the program Mental Health Support Program for Coronavirus Infection addressed the increased demand for mental health services in the province of Salamanca, resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The psychiatry service provided care for COVID-19 patients, their families, and healthcare workers who treated them, as these groups were identified as being at risk. This study aims to describe the assistance provided, including personnel and resources utilized, types of interventions carried out, and to assess the demand for mental health care and predominant symptoms and emotions experienced by patients. Billboards and the complex's intranet publicized the program. Specific clinical approach using telemedicine were provide from March 2020 to December 2021 to COVID-19 patients, their relatives, and healthcare workers. 216 patients were included with a mean age of 53.2 years, with women comprising 77.3% of this group. All the groups received treatment in similar proportions. Over a period of 730 h, a total of 1376 interventions were performed, with an average duration of 31.8 min per intervention. The program could treat 79.6% of these patients without requiring referrals to other services. When the program concluded, only 21 participants (9.7%) were discharged to the local mental health network to continue their mental health treatment. The program effectively reduced the burden on regular mental health services due to its ability to treat most patients without requiring referrals. The program was able to attend to most mental health requests with minimal involvement of the regular mental health service.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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