Telerehabilitation and telephysiotherapy in children and adolescents with respiratory diseases: integrative review
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Introduction: Telehealth consists of health services or interventions that use virtual technology or telecommunication. This type of care in the pediatric population with chronic respiratory diseases can be used as an adjunct to conventional treatment. Objective: to describe the effects of telehealth interventions on the outcomes of pulmonary function, exercise capacity, quality of life, frequency of exacerbations and hospital admissions of children and adolescents with respiratory diseases. Method: a systematic review was conducted by searching articles in the databases of PubMed, Cochrane Library, Scopus, Web of Science, PeDro and Google Scholar, using the descriptors in the PICOS model and based on the Health Sciences Descriptors (DeCS) and Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). Inclusion criteria: the outcomes of pulmonary function, exercise capacity, quality of life, frequency of exacerbations and hospital admissions after telehealth interventions applied to the pediatric population with chronic respiratory diseases were considered. Results: a total of 2344 article titles were identified. Respecting the inclusion, exclusion and duplication criteria, at the end of the selection, 17 articles were considered. Conclusion: telehealth actions are beneficial for the control of chronic respiratory diseases in pediatrics and can be used as alternative or supportive interventions to conventional face-to-face treatment.
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