2020
DOI: 10.20452/pamw.15346
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The COVID-19 pandemic: the use of telemedicine in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes

Abstract: the Silesia region (Poland). The exclusion criteria were as follows: microvascular diabetic complications, history of stroke, depression, or other psychiatric disorders, and alcohol abuse.Telemedicine consultation A semi -structured telephone interview was used in all patients, and this was based on the 5 topic areas: current glycemic control, comorbidities, provision of medicines and food products, compliance with individual protection against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS -CoV -2) inf… Show more

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“…We had to wait for the COVID-19 pandemic for these words to be quickly translated into action. The most important evidence is that Telemedicine works and it works in Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes and, notably, in old people with Type 2 diabetes [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] . This last evidence overcomes the idea that Telemedicine is a useful tool only for young persons.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…We had to wait for the COVID-19 pandemic for these words to be quickly translated into action. The most important evidence is that Telemedicine works and it works in Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes and, notably, in old people with Type 2 diabetes [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] . This last evidence overcomes the idea that Telemedicine is a useful tool only for young persons.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The absence of depressive symptoms in most of the participants may be related to this elderly population not being very elderly (average age, 69.96 ± 4.46 years). Further, this absence could also be explained through the presence of family or a spouse, which has been reported to help with reducing anxiety levels in this population [16].…”
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confidence: 89%
“…Women comprised 76.7% of our study population. More women have been reported to seek health services [15,16], which may have led to this predominance, as our study population was derived from a specialized health unit database. In one United States study involving patients aged from 18 to 75 years diagnosed with T2DM, a population management program was designed to assist patients with T2DM in self-management through receiving telephone calls and text messages.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…A literatura aponta uma série de patologias como fatores sistêmicos agravantes ou fatores de risco para a COVID-19. Estas incluem diabetes, hipertensão, doenças cardiovasculares, doenças cerebrovasculares, DPOC, síndrome do desconforto respiratório agudo, alterações articulares degenerativas, desnutrição e obesidade 9,12,16,18 . Li et al 19 afirmam que a assistência médica é maior para os pacientes idosos com comorbidades prévias, além de uma maior taxa de internação em unidades de terapia intensiva.…”
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“…O controle do quadro clínico estabelecido pela COVID-19 é realizado através de acompanhamento e terapia medicamentosa. Fatyga et al 18 sugerem a telemedicina para controlar e reduzir a ansiedade em pacientes diabéticos durante a pandemia. Este acompanhamento se justifica pela limitação das consultas presenciais devido à pandemia, e sua praticabilidade, uma vez que é possível a realização de prescrições medicamentosas, diagnóstico, ações de prevenção e educação em saúde 18 .…”
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