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Remote Orthopedic Outpatient Consultation by Help of Telemedicine

NCT00616837 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 400

Last updated 2015-12-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Orthopedic Disorders

Interventions

OTHER

Telemedicine consultation

Outpatient consultation by help of telemedicine (video conference)

OTHER

Standard care in orthopaedic outpatient clinic

Standard care in orthopedic outpatient clinic (usual care)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Helse Nord

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • University Hospital of North Norway

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Astrid S Buvik, MD · University Hospital North Norway

  • Arvid Smaabrekke, MD · University Hospital North Norway

  • Jan Abel Olsen, PhD · University of Tromso

  • Tom Wilsgaard, PhD · University of Tromso, Norway

  • Gunnar Knutsen, MD, PhD · University Hospital NorthNorway

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-11-30
Primary Completion
2012-10-31
Completion
2014-10-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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