Implementing telemedicine for the management of benign urologic conditions: a single centre experience in Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess the use of telemedicine with phone-call visits as a practical tool to follow-up with patients affected by urological benign diseases, whose clinic visits had been cancelled during the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

Patients were contacted via phone-call and a specific questionnaire was administered to evaluate the health status of these patients and to identify those who needed an "in-person" ambulatory visit due to the worsening of their condition. Secondarily, the patients' perception of a potential shift towards a "telemedicine" approach to the management of their condition and to indirectly evaluate their desire to return to "in-person" clinic visits.

Results

607 were contacted by phone-call. 87.5% (531/607) of the cases showed sta

SUBMITTER: Checcucci E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7775638 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature