Trial Outcomes & Findings for Study Of Telemedicine Consultation at Home For Older Adults (NCT NCT01324687)

Last Updated: 2017-06-09

Results Overview

Use of emergency department by individuals with access to care via telemedicine as compared to those without such access to care.

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Target enrollment

1537 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

Up to 42 months

Results posted on

2017-06-09

Participant Flow

We excluded 15 individuals from analysis because they left the facility and the study less than 1 month after starting, and they were significantly different than the rest of the population. We felt that they has been mistakenly accepted into an independent or assisted living and recognized this and moved out to an alternate level of care.

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure	Control Group without access to telemedicine in the home for acute care issues.	Telemedicine Care Cohort with access to telemedicine in the home for acute care issues. Telemedicine care: Availability of telemedicine
Overall Study STARTED	1058	494
Overall Study COMPLETED	1058	479
Overall Study NOT COMPLETED	0	15

Reasons for withdrawal

Withdrawal data not reported

Baseline Characteristics

Study Of Telemedicine Consultation at Home For Older Adults

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure	Control n=1058 Participants Group without access to telemedicine in the home for acute care issues.	Telemedicine Care n=479 Participants Cohort with access to telemedicine in the home for acute care issues. Telemedicine care: Availability of telemedicine	Total n=1537 Participants Total of all reporting groups
Age, Continuous	85 years n=5 Participants	85 years n=7 Participants	85 years n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male Female	746 Participants n=5 Participants	347 Participants n=7 Participants	1093 Participants n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male Male	312 Participants n=5 Participants	132 Participants n=7 Participants	444 Participants n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB) American Indian or Alaska Native	0 Participants n=5 Participants	0 Participants n=7 Participants	0 Participants n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB) Asian	0 Participants n=5 Participants	0 Participants n=7 Participants	0 Participants n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0 Participants n=5 Participants	0 Participants n=7 Participants	0 Participants n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB) Black or African American	36 Participants n=5 Participants	27 Participants n=7 Participants	63 Participants n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB) White	1022 Participants n=5 Participants	452 Participants n=7 Participants	1474 Participants n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB) More than one race	0 Participants n=5 Participants	0 Participants n=7 Participants	0 Participants n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB) Unknown or Not Reported	0 Participants n=5 Participants	0 Participants n=7 Participants	0 Participants n=5 Participants
Region of Enrollment United States	1058 participants n=5 Participants	479 participants n=7 Participants	1537 participants n=5 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: Up to 42 months

Use of emergency department by individuals with access to care via telemedicine as compared to those without such access to care.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure	Control n=1058 Participants Group without access to telemedicine in the home for acute care issues.	Telemedicine Care n=479 Participants Cohort with access to telemedicine in the home for acute care issues. Telemedicine care: Availability of telemedicine
Emergency Department Use	0.1050 Emergency dept use rate per person-month	0.0885 Emergency dept use rate per person-month

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: Up to 36 months

Population: The cost data was not available from the Finance Office from Rochester General Hospital or Thompson Hospital so this analysis was not performed.

Comparison of cost of care between intervention and control groups.

Outcome measures

Outcome data not reported

Adverse Events

Control

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Telemedicine Care

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Manish N. Shah

University of Rochester

Phone: 585-276-6565

Email: [email protected]

Results disclosure agreements

Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
Publication restrictions are in place