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Telehealth and oropharyngeal dysphagia: An integrative review

Telessaúde e disfagia orofaríngea: uma revisão integrativa 

Nataly Santana de Araújo; Raíssa Gomes Magalhães; Camila de Alencar Frois; Laura Davison Mangilli

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Abstract

Purpose: to analyze the telehealth speech therapy approach in patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia and determine the applications and effects of this practice.

Methods: the following descriptors were used for selection: Telerehabilitation, Telemedicine, "Remote Consultation", "Healthcare Delivery", "Distance Counseling", "Therapy, Computer-Assisted", "Speech-Language Pathology", "Speech Therapy", "Swallowing Disorders", Dysphagia, “Bottle Feeding" and "Enteral Nutrition” in PubMed, MedLine, Scopus and Web of Science databases and in the gray literature, by Google Scholar and ProQuest. Studies were selected without time limits, in Portuguese, English and Spanish, that described the applicability and/or effects of telehealth in speech therapy practice in patients with swallowing disorders/dysphagia, regardless of gender and age. For analysis, the following were considered: level of scientific evidence and recommendation, telehealth modality, objectives, methods and results/conclusion.

Literature Review: 490 articles were found and, after exclusion of duplicates, analysis of titles, abstracts and reading of full articles, 22 studies were selected. The articles were classified into telehealth modalities: tele-education, telediagnosis, teleconsulting, teleregulation and telemonitoring.

Conclusion: the telehealth modalities described had a great potential to promote significant improvements in patients presented with swallowing disorders/dysphagia, suggesting them as viable for speech therapy services. Among them, teleconsultation was the least addressed.

Keywords

 Swallowing; Swallowing Disorders; Telemedicine; Telerehabilitation; Speech-Language Pathology

Resumo

Objetivo: analisar a abordagem fonoaudiológica por meio da telessaúde em pacientes com disfagia e determinar as aplicações e efeitos desta prática.

Métodos: para seleção foram utilizados os descritores: Telerehabilitation, Telemedicine, “Remote Consultation”, “Delivery of Health Care”, “Distance Counseling”, “Therapy, Computer-Assisted”, “Speech-Language Pathology”, “Speech Therapy”, “Deglutition Disorders”, Dysphagia, “Bottle Feeding” e “Enteral Nutrition” nas bases de dados PubMed, MedLine, Scopus e Web of Science e na literatura cinzenta, por meio do Google Acadêmico e ProQuest. Foram selecionados estudos sem delimitação de tempo, nas línguas português, inglês e espanhol, que descrevessem a aplicabilidade e/ou efeitos da telessaúde na prática fonoaudiológica junto à pacientes com alteração da deglutição/disfagia, sem restrição de sexo e idade. Para análise considerou-se: nível de evidência científica e recomendação, modalidade de telessaúde, objetivos, métodos e resultados/conclusão.

Revisão da Literatura: foram encontrados 490 artigos e, após exclusão de duplicatas, análise dos títulos, resumos e leitura completa dos artigos, 22 estudos foram selecionados. Os artigos foram classificados nas modalidades da telessaúde: tele-educação, telediagnóstico, teleconsultoria, telerregulação e telemonitoramento.

Conclusão: as modalidades de telessaúde descritas tiveram grande potencial para promover melhoras significativas em pacientes com alteração de deglutição/disfagia, sugerindo-as como viáveis para serviços fonoaudiológicos. Entre elas, a teleconsulta foi a menos explorada.

Palavras-chave

Deglutição; Transtornos de Deglutição; Telemedicina; Telerreabilitação; Fonoaudiologia

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Submitted date:
05/27/2023

Accepted date:
10/09/2023

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