Prevent Post-discharge Hospital Admissions Using Mobile Phone App

NCT ID: NCT06585956

Last Updated: 2024-09-19

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 184 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-04-01
• Study Completion Date: 2024-06-30

Brief Summary

The investigators aimed to assess the impact of a mobile phone application facilitating real-time visual and verbal communication on reducing emergency room admissions following circumcision.

Detailed Description

Today, communication devices make our lives easier and provide convenience in the healthcare sector. Some studies have mentioned that a definitive diagnosis can be made with digital photographs and video images in children with normal findings at the time of examination, and further diagnostic tests become unnecessary . Readmission to the hospital after surgery, especially in children, is a situation that increases the level of anxiety. The use of smart device applications to evaluate both the operation site and functional results after many surgical procedures has reduced the number of re-applications and anxiety levels of patients . Through communication, the patient can articulate their needs to the physician, either verbally or visually, and with the assistance of the physician, navigate through this process much more smoothly. In our randomized prospective study, the investigators aimed to assess the role of a mobile phone application facilitating real-time visual and verbal communication, as well as instant information exchange, in reducing emergency room and urology policlinic admissions due to potential complications after circumcision.

Conditions

Surgery

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: OTHER
• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

Communication Group

Physician-Patient Communication Group

Comminication via Telemedicine

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Comminication via Telemedicine With Patients

Non-Communication Group

Physician-Patient Non-Communication Group

Information

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Informing the patient and their relatives

Interventions

Comminication via Telemedicine

Comminication via Telemedicine With Patients

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Information

Informing the patient and their relatives

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Circumcision

Exclusion Criteria

• hypospadias
• cryptoorchidism
• bleeding diathesis

• Minimum Eligible Age: 1 Year
• Maximum Eligible Age: 15 Years
• Eligible Sex: MALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Cumhuriyet University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

İsmail Emre ERGİN

Phd

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Cumhuriyet Univercity

Sivas, Sivas, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

SCU-UR-IEE-06

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id