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Loss to follow-up of ambulatory patients in the transition to telemedicine in the COVID-19 pandemic at a reference center for mental health in Lima, Peru.

2024-08-28 psychiatry and clinical psychology Title + abstract only
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Problem StatementDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, health care services were limited by the restrictive measures implemented. As an adaptation mechanism, telemedicine was introduced for ambulatory care at the Honorio Delgado Hideyo Noguchi National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). This study aimed to estimate the survival function (SF) for loss to follow-up (LTFU) over two years before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and its association with clinical and sociodemographic variables. ...

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