Evaluating implementation of a hospital‐based cancer registry to improve childhood cancer care in low‐ and middle‐income countries by Melissa R. Maas, Allison Yang, Michele A. Muir, James B. Collins IV, Courtney Canter, Gevorg Tamamyan, Inam Chitsike, Francine Kouya, Kim Hoa Nguyen, Alia Ahmad, Ana Patricia Alcasabas, Yi‐Jin Gao, Kimberly J. Johnson, Gia Ferrara, Nickhill Bhakta, Benyam Muluneh

“…Interviews were conducted via a video‐telephone software program and transcribed by a transcription service. …”
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Realist inquiry into Maternity care @ a Distance (ARM@DA): realist review protocol by Andrew Booth, Catrin Evans, Stephen Timmons, Helen Spiby, Mark Clowes, Nia Jones, Kerry Evans, Benash Nazmeen, Candice Sunney, Georgia Clancy

“…Introduction One of the most commonly reported COVID-19-related changes to all maternity services has been an increase in the use of digital clinical consultations such as telephone or video calling; however, the ways in which they can be optimally used along maternity care pathways remain unclear. …”
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Cohort profile: maternal and child health and parenting practices during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ceará, Brazil: birth cohort study (Iracema-COVID) by Marcia C Castro, Márcia Maria Tavares Machado, Simone Farías-Antúnez, David Augusto Batista Sá Araújo, Ana Luiza Penna, Francisco Ariclene Oliveira, Camila Machado de Aquino, Antônio Silva Lima Neto, Geziel dos Santos de Sousa

“…Interviews were conducted by telephone. Data were collected through standardised questionnaires that, in addition to sociodemographic and economic data, collected information on breast feeding, mental health status and COVID-19.Findings to date Results from the first wave show that the majority of participants have 9–11 years of schooling (54.4%; 95% CI 61.0 to 70.9) and are of mixed race (71.5%; 95% CI 66.5 to 76.0). …”
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Risk perceptions and changes in tobacco use in relation to Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic: A qualitative study on adolescent tobacco users in Hong Kong by Tianqi Chen, Lijun Wang, Yee Tak Derek Cheung, Man Ping Wang, Tai Hing Lam, Sai Yin Ho

“…Methods We conducted semi-structured telephone interviews from January to April 2021 and in February 2022 on 40 adolescents (63% boys, Secondary school grades 2–6) who participated in our previous smoking surveys and were using cigarettes, ECs or HTPs before the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in January 2020. …”
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Preparedness for and impact of COVID-19 on primary health care delivery in urban and rural Malawi: a mixed methods study by Tracy Morse, Kondwani Chidziwisano, Gift Kawalazira, Mackwellings Maganizo Phiri, Eleanor Elizabeth MacPherson, Mindy Panulo, Khumbo Kalua, Chawanangwa Mahebere Chirambo, Zaziwe Gundah, Penjani Chunda

“…This study assessed health facility preparedness for COVID-19 and the impact of the pandemic on health service delivery and frontline workers.Setting Primary and maternal healthcare in Blantyre District, Malawi.Participants We conducted regular visits to 31 healthcare facilities and a series of telephone-based qualitative interviews with frontline workers (n=81 with 38 participants) between August 2020 and May 2021.Results Despite significant financial and infrastructural constraints, health centres continued to remain open. …”
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Preferred labels and language to improve communication about lesions at low risk of progressing to cancer: qualitative interviews with patients and physicians by Antonio Finelli, Anna R Gagliardi, Frances C Wright, Rachel Kupets, Mavis S Lyons, Clara Baker, Genevieve Chaput, Nicole J Look Hong

“…Objectives We explored how to improve communication about low-risk lesions including labels, language and other strategies.Design Qualitative description and thematic analysis to examine the transcripts of telephone interviews with patients who had low-risk lesions and physicians; and mapping to Communication Accommodation Theory to interpret themes.Setting CanadaParticipants 15 patients: 6 (40%) bladder, 5 (33%) prostate and 4 (27%) cervix lesions; and 13 physicians: 7 (54%) cervix, 3 (23%) bladder and 3 (23%) prostate lesions.Main outcome measures Patient and physician views of labels, language and other strategies to improve communication about low-risk lesions.Results Patients and clinicians held discordant views about low-risk lesion label impact, preferences and rationale. …”
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Overcoming barriers to engagement and adherence to a home-based physical activity intervention for patients with heart failure: a qualitative focus group study by Guy A MacGowan, Sarah Charman, Djordje G Jakovljevic, Nduka C Okwose, Nicola O'Brien, Sophie Cassidy, David Brodie, Kristian Bailey, Leah Avery

“…Data were analysed using thematic analysis.Participants A purposive sample of 16 patients, 82% male, aged 68±7 years, with heart failure duration of 10±9 years were recruited.Intervention A 12-week behavioural intervention targeting physical activity was delivered once per week by telephone.Results Ten main themes were generated that provided a comprehensive overview of the active ingredients of the intervention in terms of engagement and adherence. …”
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Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a care partner assisted intervention to improve oral health of individuals with mild dementia by Bei Wu, Gary Yu, Brenda L Plassman, Patricia Poole, Shahrzad Siamdoust, Melanie Bunn, Bobbi Burwell, Yaolin Pei, Christine Downey, Danni Gomes, Angela Kamer, A Leak Bryant, Ruth A Anderson

“…Treatment Group 2 (the intervention group) will also receive an oral hygiene care skill assessment, personalised oral hygiene instruction and treatment plan; and care partners will receive in-home and telephone coaching on behaviour change. Oral health outcomes will be compared across the three groups. …”
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Prevalence and genotype distribution of cervical human papilomavirus infection in the pre-vaccination era: a population-based study in the Canary Islands by Silvia De Sanjosé, Vanesa Garcia, Octavio Arencibia, Virginia Benito, Amina Lubrano, Miguel Andujar, Esther Roura, Alejandra Torres, Begoña Vega, Marta Pavcovich, Miguel Angel Sanchez, Jose Luis Trujillo, Lucia Almeida, Milagros Santana, Rosaura Hurtado, Norberto Medina, Sonia Carballo, Maria del Carmen Camacho, Arancha Ruiz del Pozo, Alfoso Quesada, Eduardo Salido, Laia Bruni, Diana Alemán, Mónica Almeida, Ana María Arencibia, María Isabel Armas, Guillermina Batista, Victoria Bernal, Francisca Bernaldo de Quirós, Sili Bolaños, Dolores Casaña, Luisa Celedón, Isabel Cruz, Elisa Díaz, Inocencia Duarte, Felisa Expósito, Carmelo Felipe, Carlos Galván, María José García, María Isabel García, Virginia García, Elena Giménez, Teresa Godoy, Catalina Gómez, Lucia González, Luisa Gutiérrez, Mónica Hernández, Delia Herrera, Laura Herrera, Rosario Laseca, Carmen Marrero, Ofelia Marrero, Noa Mateos, Olivia Medina, Josefa Mendoza, Lucia Montesdeoca, Rosa Monzón, Cristina Morales, Mercedes Morales, M Dolores Navarro, María Ángeles Nieto, Noelia Pérez, Yurena Pérez, Antonio Ramos, Antonio Rico, Margarita Roldán, Esther Salamanca, Rosario Sánchez, Raquel Santana, Elvira Santos, Antonia Solanes, Elisabeth Soutto, Dulce Suarez, María Jesús Suárez, María Ángeles Tadeo, Virgen Valdés, Gabriela Valido, Iralla Vega, Maria del Pino Vega, María Angeles Afonso, Elisa Baena, María Pilar Baz, José de Armas, Alicia de la Puerta, Josefina García, María Asuncion González, Célida González, María Teresa Hernández, Josefa Limiñana, Carmen Rosa León, Fernando Marín, Emma Manrique, José Roberto Negrín, Rosa Olavarrieta, Verónica Perera, Concepción Sabater, Candelaria Sosvilla

“…Women were contacted by postal letter and telephone call and were visited in their primary care centre. …”
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Effectiveness of a personal health coaching intervention (diabetescoach) in patients with type 2 diabetes: protocol for an open-label, pragmatic randomised controlled trial by Oliver Faude, Fiona Streckmann, Lukas Zahner, Markus Gerber, Vivien Hohberg, Jan-Niklas Kreppke, Jan Kohl, Eleonora Seelig, Daniel König

“…The intervention group will receive personal health coaching by telephone and access to a smartphone and web application for 1 year. …”
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Virtual online consultations: advantages and limitations (VOCAL) study by Trisha Greenhalgh, Joe Wherton, Sara Shaw, Charles Gutteridge, Emma Byrne, Isabel Hodkinson, Shanti Vijayaraghavan, Desirée Campbell-Richards, Satya Bhattacharya, Philippa Hanson, Seendy Ramoutar, Anna Collard, Joanne Morris

“…They are being introduced in some settings alongside (and occasionally replacing) face-to-face or telephone consultations.Methods To explore the advantages and limitations of video consultations, we will conduct in-depth qualitative studies of real consultations (microlevel) embedded in an organisational case study (mesolevel), taking account of national context (macrolevel). …”
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The economic burden of breast cancer in western Iran: a cross-sectional cost-of-illness study by Banafsheh Darvishi Teli, Meysam Behzadifar, Mania Beiranvand, Aziz Rezapour, Seyed Jafar Ehsanzadeh, Samad Azari, Ahad Bakhtiari, Payam Haghighatfard, Mariano Martini, Maryam Saran, Masoud Behzadifar

“…Data were collected using patient medical records and telephonic interviews. Costs were categorized into direct medical costs, direct non-medical costs, and indirect costs. …”
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Robotic-assisted left thoracic small-incision minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting: a case series report by HE Peiling, SONG Yi, YUAN Ye

“…No deaths， major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events （MACCE）， or re-revascularization occurred in all patients during outpatient and telephone follow-up. Conclusion‍　‍Robotic-assisted internal mammary artery dissection is a delicate and safe technique， and coronary artery bypass grafting in minimally invasive small-incision off-pump is effective， safe and feasible， with satisfactory short- and mid-term outcomes. …”
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Descriptive analysis of interpreter service mode costs & usage in Northwestern Wisconsin pre and peri COVID-19 by Elena N. Casey, Erin Fitzgerald, Hannah S. Rackers, Derek Bates, Kelson Fox, Mary Bygd

“…Videoconferencing and telephone services provide lower cost options, effective where on site interpreters are scarce, or patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) and/or interpreters are unable to visit healthcare centers. …”
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Cervical heterotopic heart transplantation in mice using a novel suture technique by Hao Dun, MD MSc, Maura Sticco-Ivins, Yuriko Terada, MD PhD, Amber Berning, MD, Kory J. Lavine, MD PhD, Daniel Kreisel, MD PhD, Benjamin J. Kopecky, MD PhD

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Quality of life in children with glaucoma: a qualitative interview study in Australia by Emmanuelle Souzeau, Jamie E Craig, Sandra E Staffieri, Lachlan S W Knight, Bronwyn Ridge, Mallika Prem Senthil

“…The prominence of QoL themes was determined by the number of children who raised issues connected to the corresponding theme.Setting Interviews were conducted via telephone or videoconferencing between April 2020 and July 2021.Participants Eighteen children with glaucoma, aged 8–17 years, who resided in Australia, were recruited from the Australian and New Zealand Registry of Advanced Glaucoma.Results Median child age was 12.1 years (IQR: 9.7–14.5 years) and 33% were female. …”
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Teaching undergraduate medical students virtual consultation skills: a mixed-methods interventional before-and-after study by Edie Booth, Kate McFetridge, Evelyn Ferguson, Catherine Paton

“…There was no change in exposure to virtual consultations during O&G placement. 16 (80%) participants responded to the online survey; 14 (87.5%) rated the sessions ‘very useful’ and all 16 considered them worthwhile continuing. 12 (75%) had the opportunity to practise virtual consultations on general practitioner, mostly via telephone.Conclusions We found that teaching students virtual consultation skills improved short term confidence and were transferable to primary care placements. …”
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Effectiveness of Outpatient Chronic Pain Management for Middle-Aged Patients by Internet Hospitals: Retrospective Cohort Study by Ling Sang, Bixin Zheng, Xianzheng Zeng, Huizhen Liu, Qing Jiang, Maotong Liu, Chenyu Zhu, Maoying Wang, Zengwei Yi, Keyu Song, Li Song

“…During the first and last patient visits, information on outcome variables such as the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI), medical satisfaction, medical costs, and adverse drug events was obtained through a telephone follow-up. All patients with chronic pain who had 3 or more visits (internet or offline) between September 2021, and February 2023, were included. …”
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Patient perspectives on telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods community-based study by Marije J. Splinter, M. Kamran Ikram, Charles W. Helsper, Patrick J.E. Bindels, Evelien I.T. de Schepper, Silvan Licher

“…Those who experienced at least one virtual consultation (telephone or video call) between March 2020 and the beginning of July 2020 were asked whether those consultations were more, equally or less pleasant than in-person consultations, and to detail their experiences through free-text comments. …”
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Nurses’ experiences of text-based digital triage at primary healthcare centres in Sweden: a qualitative interview study by Ester Rydell, Ulf Jakobsson, Sigrid Stjernswärd

“…Some examples include text-based digital triage and health guidance using chats, emails, images and pre-filled forms. Telephone-based communication has until recent years been the predominant means for triage and health guidance, but now includes written communication via computer or smartphone. …”
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