Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2022 Jun 6;290:543-546. doi: 10.3233/SHTI220136.
This study was aimed at identifying how telemedicine is used for rehabilitation of patients with cancer. An electronic literature search was conducted using the PubMed database covering January 2015 to October 2020. To be included in the review, studies had to report telerehabilitation interventions for patients with cancer. Randomized controlled trials, quasi-experimental studies, as well as feasibility and usability studies were included, and reviews were excluded. Overall, 33 eligible studies were found but only 22 were considered for inclusion. After a detailed analysis, 16 studies were included. Most of the studies concluded that telehealth systems supporting physical exercise were effective to improve function, quality of life, pain, satisfaction and muscle strength. Limitations in most of the studies included non-randomized design and limited number of subjects. We conluded that more studies are needed for stronger evidence of this type of treatment and to facilitate clinical practice in this field.
本研究旨在确定远程医疗在癌症患者康复中的应用方式。使用 PubMed 数据库进行了电子文献检索，涵盖了 2015 年 1 月至 2020 年 10 月的文献。纳入本综述的研究必须报告针对癌症患者的远程康复干预措施。纳入了随机对照试验、准实验研究以及可行性和可用性研究，排除了综述。最终共发现 33 项符合条件的研究，但仅有 22 项被认为符合纳入标准。经过详细分析，纳入了 16 项研究。大多数研究的结论是，支持身体锻炼的远程健康系统对于改善功能、生活质量、疼痛、满意度和肌肉力量是有效的。大多数研究的局限性在于非随机设计和受试者数量有限。我们的结论是，需要更多的研究来提供更有力的证据支持这种治疗方式，并促进该领域的临床实践。
