TY - JOUR
T1 - The application of digital health as a nursing solution for leprosy patients during the COVID-19 pandemic
T2 - A systematic review
AU - Dahoklory, Dorsina Fransisca
AU - Haryanto, Joni
AU - Indarwati, Retno
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Pakistan Medical Association. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - Objective: To analyse the effect of using digital health technology on leprosy control programmes. Method:The systematic review comprised search on PubMed, Scopus, ScienceDirect, SAGE and ProQuest databases for interventional studies published in English language from 2013 to 2021 which used digital health technology for leprosy contact tracing, active leprosy detection, monitoring of multi-drug therapy and treatment management during the corona virus disease-2019 pandemic A standard risk of bias tool was used to evaluate bias in the studies, and the Joanna Briggs Institute protocol was used to assess the quality of the studies analysed. Results: Of the 205 studies initially identified, 15(7.3%) were analysed in detail. Quasi-experimental studies had a low risk of bias compared to the rest. The e-leprosy framework was being used along with applications based on smartphones and artificial intelligence Digital health technology was found to be practical, accessible and effective in leprosy control programmes. Conclusion: Studies reported favourable findings regarding the use of digital health technology in services related to leprosy patients.
AB - Objective: To analyse the effect of using digital health technology on leprosy control programmes. Method:The systematic review comprised search on PubMed, Scopus, ScienceDirect, SAGE and ProQuest databases for interventional studies published in English language from 2013 to 2021 which used digital health technology for leprosy contact tracing, active leprosy detection, monitoring of multi-drug therapy and treatment management during the corona virus disease-2019 pandemic A standard risk of bias tool was used to evaluate bias in the studies, and the Joanna Briggs Institute protocol was used to assess the quality of the studies analysed. Results: Of the 205 studies initially identified, 15(7.3%) were analysed in detail. Quasi-experimental studies had a low risk of bias compared to the rest. The e-leprosy framework was being used along with applications based on smartphones and artificial intelligence Digital health technology was found to be practical, accessible and effective in leprosy control programmes. Conclusion: Studies reported favourable findings regarding the use of digital health technology in services related to leprosy patients.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Leprosy
KW - Nursing
KW - Prophylaxis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85152107165&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.47391/JPMA.Ind-S2-38
DO - 10.47391/JPMA.Ind-S2-38
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85152107165
SN - 0030-9982
VL - 73
SP - S170-S174
JO - JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
JF - JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
IS - 2
ER -