{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Description of a telehealth mental health programme in the framework of the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia.
{Author}: Zapata-Ospina JP;Gil-Luján K;López-Puerta A;Ospina LC;Gutiérrez-Londoño PA;Aristizábal A;Gómez M;García J;
{Journal}: Rev Colomb Psiquiatr (Engl Ed)
{Volume}: 53
{Issue}: 2
{Year}: 2024 Apr-Jun 10
暂无{DOI}: 10.1016/j.rcpeng.2022.04.003
{Abstract}: <B>BACKGROUND: </B>A telehealth mental health programme was designed at the LivingLab of the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad de Antioquia [University of Antioquia].<BR><B>OBJECTIVE: </B>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.<BR><B>METHODS: </B>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.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>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.<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>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.