Evidence for telemedicine heterogeneity in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases care: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT: Telemedicine and digital health represent alternative approaches for clinical practice; indeed, its potential in healthcare services for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and disease monitoring is widely acknowledged. These are all crucial issues to consider when dealing with chronic Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (RMDs). The aim was to determine the current state of telemedicine in the field of rheumatology, considering the tools and devices in use as well as the Patient Reported Outcomes. A scoping review was performed following the PRISMA-ScR, retrieving articles through five databases from 1990 to 2022. Inclusion criteria were as follows: (I) adult patients with RMDs, (II) original research papers in the English language with available abstracts, and (III) teleh

SUBMITTER: El Aoufy K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11330403 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature