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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the studies (N = 19)

From: Service process factors affecting patients’ and clinicians’ experiences on rapid teleconsultation implementation in out-patient neurology services during COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review

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Authors

Location

Methods

Sample size

Clinician

PTa

Mode

Age in years

Setting

Study period

1

Alonso et al. (2021)  [16]

South American (4 out of 14 countries)

Cross-sectional study

N = 129

Neurologists

 

Telemedicine with video of 52.3%

mean 41.23

South American MS and NMOSD experts in an outpatient setting

July 3 to 10, 2020

2

Arighi et al. (2021)  [36]

Italy

Prospective cohort study

N = 108

 

PT

Video or telephone

mean 73.5

The Alzheimer clinic of a tertiary care academic center

Mid-April to the end of July 2020

3

Casares et al. (2020) [37]

USA

Cross-sectional study

N (PT) =35

N(C) = 5

Physicians

PT

Telephone (12%)

Video (88%)

PT mean 37

Epileptic clinic

in a tertiary academic center

COVID pandemic

4

Chesnel et al. (2021) [38]

France

Cross-sectional study

N(PT) = 358

Physician

PT

telephone

PT Mean 55.4

A tertiary hospital neuro-urology clinic

March 16 to June 1, 2020

5

Conde-Blanco et al. (2020)  [39]

Spain

Cross-sectional study

N = 66

Neurologists

 

Telephone 88%, video 4.5%

35–45 (39.4%)

45–55 (31.8%)

> 55 (21.2%)

Spain neurologists in epilepsy clinics

April 14 to May 11, 2020

6

Courtney et al. (2021) [37]

UK

Thematic analysis

N = 22

Neurologists and GP with a specialist interest

 

Telephone or video

20–29 (1/22)

30–39 (6/22)

40–49 (6/22)

50–59 (6/22)

60–69 (3/22)

A tertiary hospital general neurological clinics

June to July 2020

7

Esper et al. (2021) [40]

USA

Retrospective case-control

N(PT) = 686

Clinicians

PT

Video 79.6%

Telephone 18.4%

PT mean 64.9

A tertiary academic Movement disorder clinics

March 23 to April 28, 2020

8

Fonseca et al., 2020 [41]

Spain

Cross-sectional study

N = 225

 

PT

telephone

Mean 48.2

A tertiary hospital epilepsy clinic.

March 16 to April 17, 2020

9

Harper et al. (2021) [42]

USA

Cross-sectional study

N(PT) = 1558

Clinicians

PT

video

NA

Tertiary academic neurology Ambulatory Clinics

March 18 to May 8, 2020

10

Kristoffersen et al. (2021) [18]

Norway

Cross-sectional study

N = 135

Neurologists

 

More telephone than video

Mean 42.1

Neurologists in Norway hospital-based outpatient clinics

April 2020

11

Kummer et al. (2021) [43]

USA

Mixed methods

N(PT) = 204

N(C) = 117

Clinicians

PT

video

PT mean 48.8

A tertiary academic Outpatient neurology clinics

April 13 to May 15, 2020.

12

Lovecchio et al. (2021) [44]

International

Cross-sectional study

N = 485

Spine surgeons

 

Telephone 34.6%

Video 57.5%

35–44 (68.7%)

45–54 (33.0%)

Members of AO Spine International

May 15 to 31, 20,230

13

McKenna et al. (2020) [45]

Ireland

Cross-sectional study

N = 194

 

PT

Telephone

Mean 47.8

A tertiary hospital General neurology clinics

March 23 to May 25, 2020

14

Mohanty et al. (2020) [46]

USA

Cross-sectional study

N(PT) = 79

N (C) = 40

Neurosurgeons

PT

Video or telephone

NA

A tertiary academic center outpatient neurosurgery clinic

March 1 to July 2, 2021

15

Ryu et al. (2021) [47]

USA

Cross-sectional study

N = 14

Neurosurgeons and APPsc

 

Teleconference/

video

NA

A tertiary academic center neurosurgery department

During COVID-19

16

Saliba-Gustafsson et al. (2020) [19]

USA

Mixed methods

N = 66

Physicians and APPs

 

Video visit

NA

A tertiary academic medical center’s ambulatory neurology clinics

March 22 to May 16, 2020

17

Smith et al. (2021) [48]

USA

Cross-sectional study

N = 367

 

PT

Telemedicine

Appointmentb

Non-migraine median age 60

Migraine median age 45

A tertiary Neuroscience outpatient neuro clinics

April 22 to May 18, 2020

18

von Wrede et al. (2020) [49]

Germany

Cross-sectional study

N = 239

 

PT

Telephone (79%)

Video (21%)

Mean 41.5

A tertiary Epilepsy center outpatient clinic

March 23 to May 8, 2020

19

Willems et al. (2020) [50]

Germany

Prospective cohort study

N = 272

Physicians

PT

Telephone

PT mean 38.7

A tertiary Epilepsy center outpatient clinics

March 17 to May 29, 2020

  1. a PT Patients
  2. b The study did not specify the method of telemedicine appointment
  3. cAPPS Advanced practice provider