Role of Telemedicine in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Lan-Lan Pang Hengyu Liu Zhidong Liu Jinyu Tan Long-Yuan Zhou Yun Qiu Xiaoqing Lin Jinshen He Xue-Hua Li Si-Nan Lin Subrata Ghosh Ren Mao Minhu Chen

Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2022)

Telemedicine intervention showed a promising role in improving IBD-specific QoL among adolescents and decreased the number of clinic visits among patients with IBD. Further research is warranted to identify the group of patients with IBD who would most benefit from telemedicine.

Keyphrases

ulcerative colitis
randomized controlled trial
primary care