Acceptability of Telehealth Triage Using Robotic Systems in COVID-19

COVID-19 Clinical Trial

Official title:

Acceptability of Telehealth Triage Using Robotic Systems in COVID-19

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04452695
• Other study ID #: 2020P000957
• Status: Completed
• Start date: March 10, 2020
• Est. completion date: August 10, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: September 2022
• Source: Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The overall objective of this investigation is to understand the patient response to a robotic platform used to facilitate telehealth triage in the emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the manner in which emergency department triage is completed. Attempts at cohorting individuals with potential COVID-19 disease in order to prevent disease transmission to healthcare workers and minimize the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) have renewed interest in telemedical solutions as a method to triage and manage individuals with COVID-19. This investigation deploys a legged robotic platform to facilitate agile, highly mobile telemedicine to manage COVID-19 patients in the emergency department. The primary objective is to measure the patient response to interacting with these systems.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: August 10, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: August 3, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Presenting to the emergency department for evaluation

• > 18 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

• Brought to emergency department via ambulance

• <18 years old

• non-english speaking

• in extremis, or unable to participate due to underlying acute medical condition

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Communicable Diseases
• Communicable Diseases, Emerging
• COVID-19
• Emergencies
• Emerging Infectious Disease
• Infections
• Robotics
• Telemedicine

Intervention

Device:
• Doctor Spot
Robotic platform (Boston Dynamics) controlled by clinician with video interface to facilitate telemedicine triage

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Brigham and Women's Hospital	Boston	Massachusetts

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (2)

Chai PR, Dadabhoy FZ, Huang HW, Chu JN, Feng A, Le HM, Collins J, da Silva M, Raibert M, Hur C, Boyer EW, Traverso G. Assessment of the Acceptability and Feasibility of Using Mobile Robotic Systems for Patient Evaluation. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Mar 1;4(3):e — View Citation

Huang HW, Chen J, Chai PR, Ehmke C, Rupp P, Dadabhoy FZ, Feng A, Li C, Thomas AJ, da Silva M, Boyer EW, Traverso G. Mobile Robotic Platform for Contactless Vital Sign Monitoring. Cyborg Bionic Syst. 2022;2022. pii: 9780497. doi: 10.34133/2022/9780497. Epu — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Acceptance of robotic telehealth system	Quantitative questionnaire on the acceptance of virtual robotic care graded on a likert scale (higher scores better)	Immediately after completion of triage
Primary	Willingness to interact with robotic telehealth system	Quantitative questionnaire on the willingness to use this system again based on a likert scale (higher scores better)	Immediately after completion of triage
Primary	Satisfaction of interacting with a robotic telehealth system	Quantitative questionnaire on the user satisfaction with their triage experience (How satisfied were you with your experience interacting with the robotic system today?)	Immediately after completion of triage
Secondary	Use of robotic system versus in-person triage	Quantitative questionnaire comparing robotic triage process with in-person triage: Do you think your interaction with the robotic system was better, the same or no different than an in-person evaluation?)	Immediately after completion of triage