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Remote Orthopedic Outpatient Consultation by Help of Telemedicine

NCT ID: NCT00616837

Last Updated: 2015-12-17

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

400 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-11-30

Study Completion Date

2014-10-31

Brief Summary

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Patients from 4 local communities in northern Norway referred (either new or follow up) to orthopaedic department, University hospital of Northern Norway for outpatient consultation, are randomly assigned to either remote consultation by use of telemedicine (camera and screen), or standard consultation at the hospital. There are x-ray facilities also at the remote site. The patients randomized to telemedicine consultation meet special trained nurses at the remote site, but doctor only by video conference. The patients will be followed for up to one year. The primary endpoint is quality of care achieved with the telemedicine consultation as compared to standard outpatient consultation (assessed by questionnaires filled out by the doctor involved). Secondary end points are patient satisfaction assessed by questionnaires and economic analyses. The study hypothesis is non-inferiority of telemedicine consultation vs. conventional, outpatient consultation.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Orthopedic Disorders

Keywords

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Remote consultation/*methods Orthopaedics methods Telemedicine Follow-up study Ambulatory care

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Standard consultation

Standard care in orthopaedic outpatient clinic

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Standard care in orthopaedic outpatient clinic

Intervention Type OTHER

Standard care in orthopedic outpatient clinic (usual care)

Telemedicine consultation

Orthopaedic care in outpatient clinic by use of telemedicine.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Telemedicine consultation

Intervention Type OTHER

Outpatient consultation by help of telemedicine (video conference)

Interventions

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Telemedicine consultation

Outpatient consultation by help of telemedicine (video conference)

Intervention Type OTHER

Standard care in orthopaedic outpatient clinic

Standard care in orthopedic outpatient clinic (usual care)

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Informed consent given
* New referred patients to orthopaedic department (outpatient), UNN, for conditions suitable for telemedicine consultation
* Follow up consultation of trauma patients (operated/not operated)
* Follow up consultation after elective orthopaedic surgery (e.g hip prothesis)
* Follow up of other orthopaedic patients

Exclusion Criteria

* Senile dementia
* Soldiers, prisoners
* Patients not talking Norwegian, dependent on translator
* If specialized procedures are required during follow up (e.g. cat-scan, ultrasound etc)
* Patients requiring a specific doctor
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Helse Nord

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

University Hospital of North Norway

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Astrid S Buvik, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital North Norway

Arvid Smaabrekke, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

University Hospital North Norway

Jan Abel Olsen, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

University of Tromso

Tom Wilsgaard, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

University of Tromso, Norway

Gunnar Knutsen, MD, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

University Hospital NorthNorway

Locations

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Orthopaedic department, Tromso University Hospital

Tromsø, , Norway

Site Status

Countries

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Norway

References

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Buvik A, Bergmo TS, Bugge E, Smaabrekke A, Wilsgaard T, Olsen JA. Cost-Effectiveness of Telemedicine in Remote Orthopedic Consultations: Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2019 Feb 19;21(2):e11330. doi: 10.2196/11330.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 30777845 (View on PubMed)

Buvik A, Bugge E, Knutsen G, Smabrekke A, Wilsgaard T. Quality of care for remote orthopaedic consultations using telemedicine: a randomised controlled trial. BMC Health Serv Res. 2016 Sep 8;16(1):483. doi: 10.1186/s12913-016-1717-7.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 27608768 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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Personvernombudet,UNN 05.12.06

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

P-REK-N-134/2006 (REK)

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

P-REK-N-134/2006

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id