Teleconsultation at a tertiary care government medical university during COVID-19 Lockdown in India – A pilot study

Pandey, Nitika; Srivastava, Rajat M; Kumar, Gaurav; Katiyar, Vishal; Agrawal, Siddharth

doi:10.4103/ijo.ijo_1658_20

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“…These findings are different from other teleconsultation studies reported from the north and south India in which redness, blurring of vision, pain, and watering were common complaints. [ 13 ] The difference could be on account of difference in morbidities since the callers or beneficiaries in this study are the population with a visual disability. The next frequent complaint was headache among callers.…”

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Tele-rehabilitation for visually challenged students during COVID-19 pandemic

Senjam

Manna

Vashist

et al. 2021

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

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Purpose: The COVID-19 outbreak poses a global crisis in health care delivery system, including habilitation and rehabilitation services. In this study, we shared our experiences on telerehabilitation services established primarily for students with visual disabilities (SwVD) amidst COVID-19 pandemic and its outputs. Methods: Following the lockdown declared on March 23, 2020, the rehabilitative team of a tertiary eye center in north India received information that many visually challenged students (VCS) were stranded in schools for the blind in Delhi, and feeling with anxiety and panic in absence of teachers. Shortly, the room for vision rehabilitation clinic was set-up for telefacilities. The intended services were explained while disseminating the mobile numbers. A semi-structured questionnaire consisting of closed and open-ended was developed to record COVID-19 knowledge and concerns. Inductive content analysis was used to report the qualitative information. Results: As of June 30, 2020, a total of 492 clients contacted the team, with maximum from Delhi (41.5%), and predominantly males (78.8%). Around 80.3% of callers were VCS with age range of 11 to 30 years. The two most frequently encountered health needs were itching in eyes (36.1%) and headache (29%). Television news was the most used medium among callers to get COVID-19 information. Cough is a less frequently known mode of transmission (28%), similarly handwashing as a less known for prevention (17.2%). Eight concerns were recorded based on qualitative data analysis. Conclusion: Telerehabilitation provides valuable insights and has the potential to address various concerns, uncertainty, anxiety, and fear among VCS during the pandemic.

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“…[ 9 10 11 ] Studies are reported on successful ophthalmic practices using teleconsultation facilities during the COVID-19 lockdown in India. [ 12 13 ]…”

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Tele-rehabilitation for visually challenged students during COVID-19 pandemic

Senjam

Manna

Vashist

et al. 2021

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

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“…conducted a study to assess the psychological impact of COVID-19 on ophthalmologists in India. [ 14 ] The study showed that 32.6% of the responding ophthalmologists had depression of some degree. [ 15 ] The psychological stress is likely to be due to multiple reasons, some of which have become apparent in our survey like loss of revenue, job insecurity, potential COVID-19-related health risks in healthcare providers and their family members and lack of preparedness to practice with newer working conditions.…”

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Post-lockdown challenges for ophthalmologists during COVID-19 pandemic in India

Goel

Sachdev

et al. 2021

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the post-lockdown challenges during Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic amongst the ophthalmologists in India. Methods: An online survey was sent to the practicing ophthalmologists across India. Data were collected from the responding ophthalmologists and analysed using Medcalc 16.4 software. Results: A total of 794 responses were obtained. Most respondents (51%) were in the age group 30–50 years and were in independent practice (40.05%). Almost three-fourth of ophthalmologists resumed their surgical services after a gap of more than a month post-lockdown. Almost a third of the respondents had significant reduction in their surgical workload during this period. Significant fear of contracting COVID-19 infection in the operation theatres was reported while moderate difficulty was found in procuring protective gear during immediate post-national lockdown period. Conclusion: The pandemic has changed the ophthalmic practice significantly, with patient and staff safety becoming areas of major concern. Both financial and psychological concerns affecting healthcare workers need addressing for continued patient care.

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“…The challenge for telemedicine researchers and providers is to acquire the right learning from this experience, ensure the pertinent guardrails are in place, and collect the necessary evidence for building the health system of the future. [ 6 ] Though reaching for telemedicine at the current time may be motivated by panic about maintaining a semblance of normalcy during the maelstrom, however in the calmer waters of the future, this practice which we develop now may carry forward.…”

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