Dataset Information
The impact of telemedicine use by oncology physicians on the patient and informal caregiver experience of receiving care: a scoping review protocol in the context of COVID-19.
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ABSTRACT:
Objective: The objective of this study is to describe how the use of telemedicine impacts the information needs and experience of cancer patients and their informal caregivers (i.e., friends/family) and identify directions for future research.
Methods: This review will include all studies addressing telemedicine in the cancer context including those utilizing quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods approaches. This scoping review will be conducted using the methodology described by JBI. In collaboration with a librarian scientist specializing in health sciences, a comprehensive search will be undertaken to identify and retrieve relevant reports published in English from 1990 to the present. Databases searched will include OVID MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, Scopus, Cochrane Library, and PsycINFO. Data will be extracted by two independent reviewers, synthesized, and reported in a summary table and in a narrative format describing what has been reported regarding the impact of telemedicine by physicians in oncology on the experience and receipt of information by patients and their informal caregivers.
Results: The results from this scoping review are expected to be available by late spring 2021.
Conclusions: The results from this scoping review will be useful for informing practice as well as directing future research, both in and out of the context of COVID-19.
Clinicaltrial:
International registered report: PRR1-10.2196/25501.
SUBMITTER: Thiessen M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7744149 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Impact of Telemedicine Use by Oncology Physicians on the Patient and Informal Caregiver Experience of Receiving Care: Protocol for a Scoping Review in the Context of COVID-19.
JMIR research protocols 20201215 12
<h4>Background</h4>During the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of telemedicine by oncology physicians in Manitoba, Canada, has increased to limit the risk of exposure to the virus for both patients and health care providers. It is not clear how telemedicine impacts the information needs of patients or the experience of receiving cancer care.<h4>Objective</h4>The objective of this study is to describe how the use of telemedicine impacts the information needs and experience of patients with cancer and t ...[more]
