Telemedicine in rheumatology: high specificity and sensitivity of follow-up virtual video consultations during COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the reliability of virtual video-assisted visits, added to the tight-control strategy for inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRDs), in identifying patients who need treatment adjustment.

Methods

Tightly followed-up adult patients with RA, PsA, AS or SLE took part in a video consultation during COVID19 lockdown and repeated the same rheumatology evaluations through a face-to-face visit within 2 weeks. The sensitivity and specificity of the virtual visits for treatment decisions (categorized as: unchanged, adjusted/escalated, tapered/discontinued, need for further examinations), and the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) for virtually measured disease activity and patient-reported outcomes (PROs) were calculated with 95% CIs using face-to-face visits

SUBMITTER: Piga M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8436393 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature