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Telemedicine for clinical management of diabetes – a process analysis of video consultations

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, November 2013
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Title
Telemedicine for clinical management of diabetes – a process analysis of video consultations
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Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, November 2013
DOI 10.1177/1357633x13506524
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Authors

Farhad Fatehi, Leonard C Gray, Anthony W Russell

Abstract

We analysed 56 video consultations provided in a 5-month period by two endocrinologists from the tele-endocrinology clinic of a tertiary teaching hospital in Brisbane. The patients were suffering from type 1 or type 2 diabetes, and 41% of them had at least one diabetic complication. Their mean age was 51 years and 45% were female. The consultations were provided to ten cities located 210-1800 km from Brisbane. A questionnaire was developed for analysing the video visits. It comprised 26 questions, arranged in six sections: (1) Patient characteristics, (2) Reason for referral, (3) Procedures and findings, (4) Recommendations, (5) Telehealth logistics, (6) Consultant's opinion. In 66% of consultations a nurse accompanied the patient. The specialist requested the nurse to perform a physical examination in 18% of these cases. No change in medications was made in 36% of the consultations. The most frequent recommendations were requesting laboratory tests (75%), insulin dose adjustments (39%) and referrals to an allied health professional (13%). Out of 56 consultations, the specialists indicated the need to perform a physical examination for 12 patients that was not possible remotely. However, they requested an in-person (face-to-face) visit for three patients. Nevertheless they believed that in 34% of the cases they could have made a better decision if the consultation had been in-person. Video consultation can substitute for a large proportion of in-person specialist consultations for people with diabetes who are referred to endocrinology specialists.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Poland 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
Unknown 103 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 22 21%
Student > Bachelor 14 13%
Researcher 12 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 7%
Student > Postgraduate 5 5%
Other 15 14%
Unknown 31 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 30 28%
Nursing and Health Professions 15 14%
Social Sciences 7 7%
Computer Science 4 4%
Business, Management and Accounting 3 3%
Other 14 13%
Unknown 33 31%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 July 2014.
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#14,765,501
of 22,729,647 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
#813
of 1,152 outputs
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#126,383
of 213,690 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
#9
of 20 outputs
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