Overview of Technologies Implemented During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Scoping Review
<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr">Technologies have been extensively implemented to provide health care services for all types of clinical conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. While several reviews have been conducted regarding technologies used during the COVID-19 pand...
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| author | Alaa Abd-Alrazaq (17430900) |
| author2 | Asmaa Hassan (18595732) Israa Abuelezz (17541834) Arfan Ahmed (17541309) Mahmood Saleh Alzubaidi (18456723) Uzair Shah (15740699) Dari Alhuwail (6497858) Anna Giannicchi (18441102) Mowafa Househ (9154124) |
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| author_facet | Alaa Abd-Alrazaq (17430900) Asmaa Hassan (18595732) Israa Abuelezz (17541834) Arfan Ahmed (17541309) Mahmood Saleh Alzubaidi (18456723) Uzair Shah (15740699) Dari Alhuwail (6497858) Anna Giannicchi (18441102) Mowafa Househ (9154124) |
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| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Alaa Abd-Alrazaq (17430900) Asmaa Hassan (18595732) Israa Abuelezz (17541834) Arfan Ahmed (17541309) Mahmood Saleh Alzubaidi (18456723) Uzair Shah (15740699) Dari Alhuwail (6497858) Anna Giannicchi (18441102) Mowafa Househ (9154124) |
| dc.date.none.fl_str_mv | 2021-09-14T06:00:00Z |
| dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv | 10.2196/29136 |
| dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv | https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Overview_of_Technologies_Implemented_During_the_First_Wave_of_the_COVID-19_Pandemic_Scoping_Review/25878031 |
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| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv | Health sciences Health services and systems technologies digital tools COVID-19 novel coronavirus scoping review digital health telemedicine |
| dc.title.none.fl_str_mv | Overview of Technologies Implemented During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Scoping Review |
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| description | <h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr">Technologies have been extensively implemented to provide health care services for all types of clinical conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. While several reviews have been conducted regarding technologies used during the COVID-19 pandemic, they were limited by focusing either on a specific technology (or features) or proposed rather than implemented technologies.</p><h3>Objective</h3><p dir="ltr">This review aims to provide an overview of technologies, as reported in the literature, implemented during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><h3>Methods</h3><p dir="ltr">We conducted a scoping review using PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses) Extension for Scoping Reviews. Studies were retrieved by searching 8 electronic databases, checking the reference lists of included studies and relevant reviews (backward reference list checking), and checking studies that cited included studies (forward reference list checking). The search terms were chosen based on the target intervention (ie, technologies) and the target disease (ie, COVID-19). We included English publications that focused on technologies or digital tools implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide health-related services regardless of target health condition, user, or setting. Two reviewers independently assessed the eligibility of studies and extracted data from eligible papers. We used a narrative approach to synthesize extracted data.</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Of 7374 retrieved papers, 126 were deemed eligible. Telemedicine was the most common type of technology (107/126, 84.9%) implemented in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the most common mode of telemedicine was synchronous (100/108, 92.6%). The most common purpose of the technologies was providing consultation (75/126, 59.5%), followed by following up with patients (45/126, 35.7%), and monitoring their health status (22/126, 17.4%). Zoom (22/126, 17.5%) and WhatsApp (12/126, 9.5%) were the most commonly used videoconferencing and social media platforms, respectively. Both health care professionals and health consumers were the most common target users (103/126, 81.7%). The health condition most frequently targeted was COVID-19 (38/126, 30.2%), followed by any physical health conditions (21/126, 16.7%), and mental health conditions (13/126, 10.3%). Technologies were web-based in 84.1% of the studies (106/126). Technologies could be used through 11 modes, and the most common were mobile apps (86/126, 68.3%), desktop apps (73/126, 57.9%), telephone calls (49/126, 38.9%), and websites (45/126, 35.7%).</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p dir="ltr">Technologies played a crucial role in mitigating the challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. We did not find papers describing the implementation of other technologies (eg, contact-tracing apps, drones, blockchain) during the first wave. Furthermore, technologies in this review were used for other purposes (eg, drugs and vaccines discovery, social distancing, and immunity passport). Future research on studies on these technologies and purposes is recommended, and further reviews are required to investigate technologies implemented in subsequent waves of the pandemic.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Journal of Medical Internet Research<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.2196/29136" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.2196/29136</a></p> |
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| spelling | Overview of Technologies Implemented During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Scoping ReviewAlaa Abd-Alrazaq (17430900)Asmaa Hassan (18595732)Israa Abuelezz (17541834)Arfan Ahmed (17541309)Mahmood Saleh Alzubaidi (18456723)Uzair Shah (15740699)Dari Alhuwail (6497858)Anna Giannicchi (18441102)Mowafa Househ (9154124)Health sciencesHealth services and systemstechnologiesdigital toolsCOVID-19novel coronavirusscoping reviewdigital healthtelemedicine<h3>Background</h3><p dir="ltr">Technologies have been extensively implemented to provide health care services for all types of clinical conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. While several reviews have been conducted regarding technologies used during the COVID-19 pandemic, they were limited by focusing either on a specific technology (or features) or proposed rather than implemented technologies.</p><h3>Objective</h3><p dir="ltr">This review aims to provide an overview of technologies, as reported in the literature, implemented during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><h3>Methods</h3><p dir="ltr">We conducted a scoping review using PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses) Extension for Scoping Reviews. Studies were retrieved by searching 8 electronic databases, checking the reference lists of included studies and relevant reviews (backward reference list checking), and checking studies that cited included studies (forward reference list checking). The search terms were chosen based on the target intervention (ie, technologies) and the target disease (ie, COVID-19). We included English publications that focused on technologies or digital tools implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide health-related services regardless of target health condition, user, or setting. Two reviewers independently assessed the eligibility of studies and extracted data from eligible papers. We used a narrative approach to synthesize extracted data.</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">Of 7374 retrieved papers, 126 were deemed eligible. Telemedicine was the most common type of technology (107/126, 84.9%) implemented in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the most common mode of telemedicine was synchronous (100/108, 92.6%). The most common purpose of the technologies was providing consultation (75/126, 59.5%), followed by following up with patients (45/126, 35.7%), and monitoring their health status (22/126, 17.4%). Zoom (22/126, 17.5%) and WhatsApp (12/126, 9.5%) were the most commonly used videoconferencing and social media platforms, respectively. Both health care professionals and health consumers were the most common target users (103/126, 81.7%). The health condition most frequently targeted was COVID-19 (38/126, 30.2%), followed by any physical health conditions (21/126, 16.7%), and mental health conditions (13/126, 10.3%). Technologies were web-based in 84.1% of the studies (106/126). Technologies could be used through 11 modes, and the most common were mobile apps (86/126, 68.3%), desktop apps (73/126, 57.9%), telephone calls (49/126, 38.9%), and websites (45/126, 35.7%).</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p dir="ltr">Technologies played a crucial role in mitigating the challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. We did not find papers describing the implementation of other technologies (eg, contact-tracing apps, drones, blockchain) during the first wave. Furthermore, technologies in this review were used for other purposes (eg, drugs and vaccines discovery, social distancing, and immunity passport). Future research on studies on these technologies and purposes is recommended, and further reviews are required to investigate technologies implemented in subsequent waves of the pandemic.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Journal of Medical Internet Research<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.2196/29136" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.2196/29136</a></p>2021-09-14T06:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.2196/29136https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Overview_of_Technologies_Implemented_During_the_First_Wave_of_the_COVID-19_Pandemic_Scoping_Review/25878031CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/258780312021-09-14T06:00:00Z |
| spellingShingle | Overview of Technologies Implemented During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Scoping Review Alaa Abd-Alrazaq (17430900) Health sciences Health services and systems technologies digital tools COVID-19 novel coronavirus scoping review digital health telemedicine |
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| title_full | Overview of Technologies Implemented During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Scoping Review |
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| title_short | Overview of Technologies Implemented During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Scoping Review |
| title_sort | Overview of Technologies Implemented During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Scoping Review |
| topic | Health sciences Health services and systems technologies digital tools COVID-19 novel coronavirus scoping review digital health telemedicine |