Telehealth strategies in the care of people with chronic kidney disease: integrative review

CONCLUSION: using these strategies for the care of people with chronic kidney disease presents different forms and implementations, being feasible for the renal population at any stage of the disease and applicable by different health professionals with an emphasis on the home environment. The evidence shows that telehealth favors lower cost, accessibility to remote locations, and better monitoring of dialysis with positive resul in symptom control, risk reduction, and patient training.BACKGROUND: Telehealth in chronic kidney disease care is feasible and promising. (2) Telehealth is feasible for people at all stages of CKD. (3) Health promotion and monitoring were the most applied by telehealth. (4) Remote care can reduce costs, emergencies, and contac with the clinic. (5) Nurses mainly used telephone contact and teleconferencing.PMID:38055586 | PMC:PMC10695288 | DOI:10.1590/1518-8345.6824.4049
Source: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research