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Descripción de un Programa de Telesalud Mental en el Marco de la Pandemia de COVID-19 en Colombia
Description of a Telehealth Mental Health Programme in the Framework of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Colombia
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Juan Pablo Zapata-Ospinaa,b,
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juanp.zapata@udea.edu.co

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, Karla Gil-Lujánc, Alejandro López-Puertad, Laura Carolina Ospinac, Paola Andrea Gutiérrez-Londoñoc, Alexandra Aristizábalc, Mauricio Gómezc, Jenny Garcíaa,b
a Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
b Grupo Académico de Epidemiología Clínica (GRAEPIC), Colombia
c Livinglab Telesalud, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
d Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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Introducción

En el LivingLab de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Antioquia se diseñó un programa de telesalud mental.

Objetivo

Describir el desarrollo y el funcionamiento del programa y evaluar la satisfacción de los pacientes atendidos en 2020 y 2021 durante la pandemia de COVID-19.

Métodos

Estudio descriptivo que detalla el desarrollo del programa. Se extrajeron los datos de las historias clínicas para describir a los pacientes atendidos. Se aplicó una escala de satisfacción a una muestra aleatoria y se resumieron los datos con estadística descriptiva.

Resultados

Durante marzo de 2020 y agosto de 2021, se atendió a 10.229 pacientes con 20.276 atenciones por telepsicología y 4.164 por psiquiatría, 1.808 en la modalidad de telepsiquiatría y 2.356 en la de teleexperticia, con un total de 6.312 atenciones. Los diagnósticos más frecuentes fueron trastornos depresivos (36,8%), ansiosos (12,0%) y psicóticos (10,8%). Los encuestados se mostraron satisfechos, al punto de que más del 93% recomendaría el programa a otra persona.

Conclusiones

El programa de telesalud mental del LivingLab permitió la atención de pacientes de Antioquia con problemas y trastornos mentales durante los primeros 2 años de la pandemia de COVID-19 y los beneficiarios mostraron un alto grado de satisfacción, por lo que podría adoptarse para la atención en salud mental.

Palabras clave:
Salud mental
Telesalud
Satisfacción del paciente
Pandemias
COVID-19
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Background

A telehealth mental health programme was designed at the LivingLab of the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad de Antioquia [University of Antioquia].

Objectives

To describe the development and operation of the programme and evaluate the satisfaction of the patients treated during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021.

Methods

Descriptive study that details the development of the programme. Data were extracted from medical records to describe the patients who were treated. A satisfaction scale was applied to a random sample and the data were summarised with descriptive statistics.

Results

In March 2020 and August 2021, 10,229 patients were treated, with 20,276 treated by telepsychology and 4,164 by psychiatry, 1,808 by telepsychiatry and 2,356 by tele-expertise, with a total of 6,312 visits. The most frequent diagnoses were depressive (36.8%), anxiety (12.0%), and psychotic (10.7%) disorders. Respondents were satisfied to the point that more than 93% would recommend it to another person.

Conclusions

The LivingLab telehealth mental health programme allowed for the care of patients with mental health problems and disorders in Antioquia during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, and there was a high degree of satisfaction among the beneficiaries. Therefore it could be adopted in mental health care.

Keywords:
Mental health
Telehealth
Patient satisfaction
Pandemics
COVID-19

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