Nasir Khawaja Shehryar, Badar Farhana, Yusuf Muhammad Aasim
Department of Internal Medicine, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan.
Department of Cancer Registry and Clinical Data Management, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan.
J Cancer Allied Spec. 2024 Aug 16;10(2):679. doi: 10.37029/jcas.v10i2.679. eCollection 2024.
INTRODUCTION: This investigation assessed the clinical characteristics of patients who received care through telemedicine and the clinical impact telemedicine service had on breast cancer patients in a low-income country. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This natural experimental study assessed the impact of telemedicine service on cancer outcomes among breast cancer patients at Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust (SKMT), Pakistan, between January 1st, 2018, to December 31st, 2022. The study group (hybrid group) consisted of patients that had both face-to-face and telemedicine appointments, and the control group (physical group) included patients with only face-to-face encounters. RESULTS: A total of 3,205 patients were included in the analysis. Among those included in the analysis, 3,188 (99.5 %) were females, and the mean age of the cohort was 48.10 ± 11.94 years. Statistically significant differences were observed between the two groups in age, demographic distribution, disease stage, average number of emergency room visits, mean length of stay in the Intensive care unit, and the final patient status (alive at the end of observation period). However, the binary logistic regression model (forward-LR) suggested that the final patient outcome was related to disease relapse, COVID-19 infection, and age. CONCLUSION: Telemedicine clinics, when conducted in parallel with physical clinics (hybrid setup), are safe and have a clinical impact similar to having just physical encounters among breast cancer patients in a low-income country.
引言:本研究评估了通过远程医疗接受护理的患者的临床特征,以及远程医疗服务对低收入国家乳腺癌患者的临床影响。 材料与方法:这项自然实验研究评估了2018年1月1日至2022年12月31日期间,巴基斯坦绍卡特·汗姆纪念信托医院(SKMT)远程医疗服务对乳腺癌患者癌症治疗结果的影响。研究组(混合组)由既有面对面预约又有远程医疗预约的患者组成,对照组(实体组)包括仅进行面对面会诊的患者。 结果:共有3205名患者纳入分析。在纳入分析的患者中,3188名(99.5%)为女性,队列的平均年龄为48.10±11.94岁。两组在年龄、人口分布、疾病分期、急诊室就诊平均次数、重症监护病房平均住院时间以及最终患者状态(观察期结束时存活)方面存在统计学显著差异。然而,二元逻辑回归模型(向前LR)表明,最终患者结局与疾病复发、新冠病毒感染和年龄有关。 结论:在低收入国家,远程医疗诊所与实体诊所并行开展(混合模式)时是安全的,并且对乳腺癌患者的临床影响与仅进行面对面会诊相似。
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