Effectiveness of Teleconsultation in Referring a Patient With Early Myocardial Infarction From Peripheral Hospital to Cardiac Centre in Hail, Saudi Arabia
NCT ID: NCT05654389
Last Updated: 2022-12-28
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
NA
440 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2023-01-31
2023-07-31
Brief Summary
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To what extent does the use of a teleconsultation for a patient with a heart attack work well in lowering the proportion of deaths among patients with heart attacks who will be referred from suburban hospitals to the heart centre? To what extent does the use of a teleconsultation for a patient with a heart attack work well in raising the proportion of stable cases with heart attacks who will be referred from suburban hospitals to the heart centre? Participants will be asked to participate in a teleconsultation referral pathway from the suburban hospital to the heart centre.
Researchers will compare the change in the proportion of death rate and survivors or stable cases in the intervention versus the control group during referral from suburban hospital to heart centre.
Making use of telehealth and smart applications will positively improve the quality of the provided health service at suburban hospitals where there is a limited number of specialized doctors.
Detailed Description
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It is advisable that the health system in Saudi Arabia deploy appropriate measures for the prevention and early detection of myocardial infarction among diabetic patients. Otherwise, the economic burden of cardiovascular diseases is expected to shoot up.
A practical approach for referring patients with Myocardial Infarction (MI) is the modified meta-plan methodology for refereeing a patient from primary care to a cardiology clinic. This approach is recommended as an additional practical pathway for a patient with cardiovascular disease in primary care.
A concentrated value assessment model (CVAM) for determining percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) levels is suggested to predict MI using accumulated sessions of ECG observation.
Patients at high risk of future myocardial infarction could be identified by every optician at the eye clinic using retinal images and demographic data,
Research Questions:
To what extent does the use of a teleconsultation intervention is effective in reducing the proportion of deaths among patients with myocardial infarction who will be referred from peripheral hospital to the cardiac centre? To what extent does the use of teleconsultation is effective in increasing the proportion of stable cases with myocardial infarction who will be referred from the peripheral hospital to the cardiac centre?
General objective:
To estimate the effectiveness of using a teleconsultation for patients with myocardial infarction at peripheral hospitals in reducing the proportion of deaths and increasing the proportion of stable cases among referral cases.
Specific Objectives:
Aim 1: To compare the proportion of death among cases with myocardial infarction who will be referred from a peripheral hospital to the cardiac centre in the intervention versus the control group (routine care).
Aim 2: To compare the proportion of stable cases of myocardial infarction who will be referred from the peripheral hospital to the cardiac centre in the intervention versus the control group (routine care).
Aim 3: To compare the proportion of cases who developed co-morbidities such as heart failure in the intervention versus the control group (routine care).
Literature Review:
A positive protective effect of antidepressant use to protect against developing myocardial infarction as primary care intervention is evident.
Research Design and Methods:
This is a six months clustered randomized trial that will recruit patients with provisional a diagnosis of myocardial infarction at a governmental peripheral hospital in Hail city.
Participants (P):
The participants will be adults presented to the physician at the peripheral hospital with symptoms and signs of myocardial infarction. The participants are expected to be adults aged 18 years and above. Children and young adults will be excluded. The aim is to report eligible cases by the physician at the peripheral hospital upon satisfaction with the written criteria for early MI diagnosis. The reporting will continue for six months from the beginning of the trial. Cases in both intervention and control clusters will be notified and reported regularly.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
OTHER
NONE
Study Groups
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Application of teleconsultation using WhatsApp to refer patient with with myocardial infarction
Application of teleconsultation using WhatsApp for a patient with myocardial infarction with a provisional diagnosis of myocardial infarction during referral from a district hospital to a cardiac centre.
Application of teleconsultation for a patient with a provisional diagnosis of myocardial infarction at the district hospital
Using teleconsultation for a patient with a provisional diagnosis of myocardial infarction during referral from the district hospital to the cardiac centre
Routine care and handling of a patient with mycardial infarction at peripheral hospital
Routine care and consultation received by a patient with a provisional diagnosis of myocardial infarction during referral from the district hospital to the cardiac centre
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Application of teleconsultation for a patient with a provisional diagnosis of myocardial infarction at the district hospital
Using teleconsultation for a patient with a provisional diagnosis of myocardial infarction during referral from the district hospital to the cardiac centre
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
18 Years
60 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Health Holding Company, Hail Health Cluster, Saudi Arabia
UNKNOWN
The New Model of Care, Hail Health Cluster
OTHER_GOV
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Khalil Alshammari, VIP Chief MO
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Hail Health Cluster
Fakhralddin Elfakki, Researcher at MOC
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
New Model of Care, Hail Health Cluser
Meshari Aljamani, MOC Lead
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
New Model of Care, Hail Health Cluster
Central Contacts
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Other Identifiers
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Model of Care
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id