Telehealth interventions in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: Protocol for a scoping review

Maria Eduarda dos Santos Puga; Felipe Sebastião de Assis Reis; Keilla Martins Milby; Ana Carolina Pereira Nunes Pinto; César Ramos Rocha-Filho; Aline Pereira da Rocha; Nelson Carvas Junior; Vinicius Tassoni Civile; Rodolfo Rodrigo Pereira Santos; Gabriel Sodré Ramalho; Giulia Fernandes Moça Trevisani; Laura Jantsch Ferla; Maria Eduarda dos Santos Puga; Alvaro Nagib Atallah; Virgínia Fernandes Moça Trevisani

doi:10.1590/SciELOPreprints.353

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Maria Eduarda dos Santos Puga Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Centro Cochrane do Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8470-861X
Felipe Sebastião de Assis Reis MD, MPS, Technologies and Healthcare. Manager, Medical Practices, Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5728-4863
Keilla Martins Milby Nurse, PhD Student, Evidence-Based Health Program, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) and Volunteer Researcher, Cochrane Brazil, São Paulo (SP), Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0601-457X
Ana Carolina Pereira Nunes Pinto MSc, Physiotherapist, PhD Student., Evidence-Based Health Program, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP); Professor, Biological and Health Sciences Department, Universidade Federal do Amapá (AP), Brazil and Volunteer Researcher, Cochrane Brazil, São Paulo (SP), Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1505-877X
César Ramos Rocha-Filho MSc, Biotechnologist, PhD Student, Evidence-Based Health Program, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7190-0263
Aline Pereira da Rocha MSc, Pharmacist, PhD Student, Evidence-Based Health Program, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) and Volunteer Researcher, Cochrane Brazil, São Paulo (SP), Brazil
Nelson Carvas Junior Physical Educator. Ibirapuera University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2168-8927
Vinicius Tassoni Civile MSc, Physiotherapist, PhD Student, Evidence-Based Health Program, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP); Assistant Professor, Physiotherapy Course, Paulista University and Volunteer Researcher, Cochrane Brazil, São Paulo (SP), Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1718-6281
Rodolfo Rodrigo Pereira Santos Statistician. MSc Student, Evidence-Based Health Program, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1540-7586
Gabriel Sodré Ramalho Undergraduate Medical Student, Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM), Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo (SP), Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7201-2308
Giulia Fernandes Moça Trevisani Undergraduate Medical Student at Universidade Santo Amaro, São Paulo (SP), Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3581-3047
Laura Jantsch Ferla Undergraduate Medical Student at Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo (SP), Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8162-2068
Maria Eduarda dos Santos Puga Librarian, MD, MSc Evidence-Based Health Program, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) Information Specialist Brazilian Cochrane Centre https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8470-861X
Alvaro Nagib Atallah MD, MSc, PhD. Nephrologist and Full Professor, Discipline of Emergency and Evidence-Based Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM), Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), and Director, Cochrane Brazil, São Paulo (SP), Brazil
Virgínia Fernandes Moça Trevisani MD, MSc, PhD Rheumatologist. Discipline of Emergency and Evidence-Based Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM), Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Universidade de Santo Amaro UNISA São Paulo (SP),

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.353

Keywords:

COVID-19, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Technologies

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CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: The current health crisis due to COVID-19 is forcing us to profoundly rethink our social organizations and practices in health. While there is no effective treatment for the virus, staying home and social isolation are the control measures recommended by health authorities. The aim of this study is to perform a scoping review in order to summarize the current evidence in telehealth for COVID-19. METHODS: This study is a protocol to describe the rationale, hypothesis and planned methods of our scoping review. We will include randomized controlled trials (RCTs), observational cohort studies, case-control studies, cross-sectional studies, qualitative studies, and/or case series that describe telehealth interventions applied or developed to respond to COVID-19. We will search Medline via PubMed, Embase via Elsevier, Cochrane Library - Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Portal Regional BVS - LILACS, and Scopus. We will include studies performed since December 2019 with no language restrictions. We will use the Risk of Bias tool and the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale to perform the critical appraisal of included studies. We will assess the certainty of evidence using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE).