Invited commentary: A prospective randomized trial on parents' disease knowledge and quality of life. Shall WeChat about telehealth?

Randy M Stevens; Jon Chilingerian; Leonardo Mulinari; Jie Sun; Amy Throckmorton; Rifat Latifi

doi:10.1111/jocs.15851

Invited commentary: A prospective randomized trial on parents' disease knowledge and quality of life. Shall WeChat about telehealth?

J Card Surg. 2021 Oct;36(10):3698-3701. doi: 10.1111/jocs.15851. Epub 2021 Aug 2.

Authors

Randy M Stevens¹, Jon Chilingerian^{2

3}, Leonardo Mulinari⁴, Jie Sun¹, Amy Throckmorton⁵, Rifat Latifi⁶

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
² The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Adjunct Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts School of Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, University of Miami Leonard Miller School of Medicine, Holtz Children's Hospital, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida, USA.
⁵ School of Biomedical Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁶ Department of Surgery, New York Medical College, School of Medicine, West Chester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York, USA.

PMID: 34338369
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.15851

Abstract

WeChat and access to wireless communication may offer a continuum of care following medical and surgical intervention. This cardiac surgery research study evaluates the process of parental education and social support following pediatric cardiac surgery utilizing standard of care compared to telehealth.

Keywords: VSD; WeChat; quality of life; telehealth; telemedicine; telepresence.

Publication types

Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
Child
Humans
Parents
Prospective Studies
Quality of Life
Telemedicine*