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The Impact of Telemedicine on Orthopaedic Trauma Patients With Closed Fractures

NCT ID: NCT01991782

Last Updated: 2014-12-30

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-06-30

Study Completion Date

2014-06-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine whether telemedicine video calls for follow-up visits between patients and their orthopaedic trauma surgeons has an impact on patient satisfaction, quality of life, and treatment adherence. This study will also assess the feasibility of telemedicine as a medium for follow-up visits.

Detailed Description

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Patients who are over the age of 18 years with closed fractures treated at Vanderbilt University Medical Center by the Orthopaedic Trauma Department will be recruited into the study into one of two arms: a telemedicine arm in which the patient will have some of his or her visits conducted through video calls, and a control arm in which all of the visits for the patient will be in-person at the Vanderbilt University Orthopaedic Trauma Clinic. Comparisons between the two groups will be made through surveys administered to the patients half-way through the study and at the conclusion of the study, and comparisons will be made using standard statistical tests. The feasibility of telemedicine as a medium for follow-up visits in lieu of in-person visits will be assessed in this study.

Conditions

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Telemedicine Fracture

Keywords

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Telemedicine Fracture Orthopaedics

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Control

Control patients with all follow-up visits in person at the Vanderbilt Orthopaedic Trauma clinic (2 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months post-operative).

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Telemedicine

Experimental cohort with two follow-up visits (6 weeks and 6 months) occurring via telemedicine video calls and two follow-up visits (2 weeks and 3 months) occurring in person.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Telemedicine

Intervention Type OTHER

Patients in the telemedicine cohort will have two follow-up visits (at 6 weeks and 6 months) through video calls.

Interventions

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Telemedicine

Patients in the telemedicine cohort will have two follow-up visits (at 6 weeks and 6 months) through video calls.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* adults over 18 years old with closed fracture and having access to telemedicine technology (i.e. high speed Internet) at home

Exclusion Criteria

* patients as part of vulnerable populations
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Vanderbilt University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Manish Sethi

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Manish K Sethi, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Vanderbilt University

Locations

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Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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120725

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id