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Challenges in Caring for People with Cardiovascular Disease through and beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Advantages of Universal Access to Home Telemonitoring.
Iliuța, Luminita; Andronesi, Andreea Gabriella; Rac-Albu, Marius; Furtunescu, Florentina Ligia; Rac-Albu, Madalina-Elena; Scafa-Udriște, Alexandru; Moldovan, Horațiu; Panaitescu, Eugenia.
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  • Iliuța L; Medical Informatics and Biostatistics Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", 050474 Bucharest, Romania.
  • Andronesi AG; Cardioclass Clinic for Cardiovascular Disease, 031125 Bucharest, Romania.
  • Rac-Albu M; Nephrology Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", 050474 Bucharest, Romania.
  • Furtunescu FL; Nephrology Department, Fundeni Clinical Institute, 022328 Bucharest, Romania.
  • Rac-Albu ME; Medical Informatics and Biostatistics Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", 050474 Bucharest, Romania.
  • Scafa-Udriște A; Cardioclass Clinic for Cardiovascular Disease, 031125 Bucharest, Romania.
  • Moldovan H; Department of Public Health and Management, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", 050474 Bucharest, Romania.
  • Panaitescu E; Medical Informatics and Biostatistics Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", 050474 Bucharest, Romania.
Healthcare (Basel) ; 11(12)2023 Jun 12.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37372846
(1) Background: Cardiovascular prevention was left in second place during the COVID-19 pandemic and the use of telemedicine turned out to be very useful. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a telemedicine application for remote monitoring and treatment adjustments in terms of improving cardiovascular prevention. (2) Methods: A prospective study of 3439 patients evaluated between the 1st of March 2019 and the 1st of March 2022, in the pre-pandemic period by face-to-face visits and during the pandemic by teleconsultations or hybrid follow-up. We compared four periods: pre-pandemic-Pre-P (1 March 2019-1 March 2020), lockdown-Lock (1 March-1 September 2020), restrictive-pandemic-Restr-P (1 September 2020-1 March 2021), and relaxed-pandemic-Rel-P (1 March 2021-1 March 2022). (3) Results: The average values of total cholesterol (TC), LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, uric acid, and glucose had an increasing trend during Lock and Restr-P, and they decreased close to the baseline level during the Rel-P, with the exception of glucose which remained elevated in Rel-P. The number of patients with newly discovered DM increased significantly in the Rel-P, and 79.5% of them had mild/moderate forms of COVID-19. During Lock and Res-P, the percentage of obese, smoking, or hypertensive patients increased, but probably through the use of telemedicine, we managed to reduce it, although it remained slightly higher than the pre-pandemic level. Physical activity decreased in the first year of the pandemic, but in Rel-P people became more active than before the pandemic. (4) Conclusions: The use of telemedicine for cardiovascular prevention seems to yield favorable results, especially for secondary prevention in the very high-risk group and during the second year.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Revista: Healthcare (Basel) Año: 2023 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Rumanía Pais de publicación: Suiza

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Revista: Healthcare (Basel) Año: 2023 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Rumanía Pais de publicación: Suiza