Sentinel Patients: Value of an Information System Collecting Patient's Own Report on His Healthcare Management

Summary

"Evolution of patient's health after hospital discharge is poorly documented. The investigators hypothesize that information of good quality on this concern might be accessible at a relatively low cost from patients, further referred to as sentinel patients, who would voluntary report their health evolution on a dedicated web site.

The SENTIPAT study presents as a proof of concept study. It will collect patient's health evolution during a post-hospital discharge period of 45 days. The study presents as a randomized trial comparing patients' reports issued from two different methods in a patient population returning home after hospital discharge and having at disposal an internet access at home:

in the " internet " arm, sentinel patients will be solicited to directly report their post-discharge health evolution on a website especially devoted for collecting these data while in the " telephone " arm, the same items will be collected through a telephone interview 45 days after hospital discharge. Investigations will focus on post-discharge adverse events and will include appearance/worsening of symptoms, healthcare resources utilization, quality of life, and patients' satisfaction."

Conditions

• Patients Returning Home After Discharge From Hospital

Interventions

OTHER

eligible, Internet

Patients randomized in the internet arm. They will directly complete their health evolution after hospital discharge via the internet.

OTHER

eligibles, telephone

Patients randomized in the telephone arm. Their health evolution after hospital discharge will be documented via a telephone interview at J45 after hospital discharge

OTHER

non eligibles

Patients who do not have an internet access at home. Their health evolution after hospital discharge will be documented via a telephone interview at J45. after hospital discharge.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Pierre and Marie Curie University

  collaborator OTHER

• Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Fabrice Carrat, MD, PhD · Assistance Publique

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2013-02-28

Primary Completion

2014-10-31

Completion

2014-10-31

Countries

• France

Study Locations