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Internet Tools and Emergency Attendance

NCT03881839 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 431

Last updated 2019-03-25

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Summary

Over the years, there has been an increase in the flow of emergency rooms, which is gradually leading to an overcrowding of emergency unit. This overcrowding is multifactorial with, for example, a decrease in the outpatient care in family medicine and specialized medicine, emergency services unsuitable at the level of premises ... In parallel, investigator note in recent years facilitated access to internet and especially to GAFA which is the acronym for Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple. As a result, patients have 24-hour access to medical information via websites, blogs and social networks. This information of, often, unreliable medical information can lead to ambiguity among patients about the need for urgent or delayed intervention in the management of their symptoms. In fact, "everything becomes urgent". To date, in France, no study has evaluated the impact and prevalence of consulting a website for medical purposes before consulting an emergency service. The objective of this research will be to assess, in patients presenting in an emergency department, the prior consultation of medical information on a website, the impact on the emergency consultation decision and the relevance of this consultation.

Conditions

  • Emergency

Interventions

OTHER

emergency

The objective of this research will be to assess, in patients presenting in an emergency department, the prior consultation of medical information on a website, the impact on the emergency consultation decision and the relevance of this consultation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Farès MOUSTAFA · University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-03-21
Primary Completion
2020-03-31
Completion
2020-03-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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