Telenursing in the postoperative period: a scoping review.
Viviane Cristina de Albuquerque Gimenez, Graziela Maria Ferraz de Almeida, Claudia Maria Silva Cyrino and 3 others
PMID 39082556WHAT IT FOUND
Across 12 nurse-led postoperative telenursing studies, 11 reported better patient outcomes; one found no significant difference in symptoms, quality of life, pain or distress.
Key findings
01The review included 12 studies with a total population of 2,098; 10 were randomized clinical trials.
0211 studies reported better results in the telenursing intervention group.
03A study found no statistically significant difference between control and intervention groups in symptoms, quality of life, pain and distress.
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What it does not show
This is a scoping review, not a meta-analysis, so it maps evidence rather than producing a combined estimate. Only 12 studies were included, and they covered different surgeries, outcomes and remote nursing strategies. The review excluded reviews, qualitative studies, cross-sectional studies, summaries, posters and editorials. The review was not registered with the Open Science Framework. The quality of the monitoring protocol used in the studies was not assessed. Of the randomized trials, five were considered low risk of bias, four uncertain and one high. Only one study used pediatric patients.
Declared interests
Funded by São Paulo Research Support Foundation (FAPESP), grants 2022/10764-7 and 2022/11344-1. No other conflict-of-interest statement is given in the supplied text.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as proof that telephone monitoring alone improves postoperative outcomes. The included studies used different nurse-delivered remote strategies, and the contribution of any single component cannot be separated. A study found no significant difference in symptoms, quality of life, pain or distress.