Telemedicine Clinical Trial
— TLM-CGDOfficial title:
Comparative Study Between Conventional and Telematic Follow-up of Patient Treated in a General Ang GI Surgery Department (TLM-CGD)
Verified date | August 2018 |
Source | Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Interventional |
This is a parallel group clinical trial comparing two types of follow-up in patients operated
and treated in a General and GI surgery department. Face-to-face vs telematic follow-up by
using a platform that offers videoconferencing will be compared.
Patients will be included and assigned randomly to each group using an informatics program
until 100 patients are reached in each arm of the study ("n" total = 200 patients) The main
and secondary outcomes will be evaluated 30 days after the date of the follow-up.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 200 |
Est. completion date | August 23, 2018 |
Est. primary completion date | May 10, 2018 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | N/A and older |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - Patients treated or operated in the General and GI Surgery department in "Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol" Exclusion Criteria: - Proctological Surgery - Personal conditions that not allow a correct comprehension or developement of the study - Patients with postoperative complications greater than Clavien-Dindo grade II - Not being in possession of the necessary informatic devices in case of telematic follow-up - Not having a basic informatic knowledge in case of telematic follow-up |
Country | Name | City | State |
---|---|---|---|
Spain | Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol | Badalona | Barcelona |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital |
Spain,
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Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Follow-up accomplishment | Percentage of patients that can finish the follow-up in the assigned group | From date of discharge until the date of follow-up, 30 days after discharge | |
Secondary | Emergency department consultation | Comparison between number of emergency department consultations in each group if related to the surgical procedure | From discharge until 30 days after the follow-up date | |
Secondary | Patient satisfaction | Assessment of the patient satisfaction related to the follow-up using the NHS Outpatients Questionnaire. The results will be the comparision of percentage of each answer in each group. | 30 days after the follow-up date |
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