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A Study Comparing Three Methods of Outpatient Follow up After Surgical Admission; Text Message, Phone Call and In-person Appointment

NCT04245020 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 208

Last updated 2021-04-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study compares three different methods of outpatient follow up after surgical admission to Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown. The three arms of the study are text message, telephone call or in-person outpatient follow up. Data will be collected to identify complications identified in each arm along with the rate of non-response to the follow up methods and the level of satisfaction with the method. Willingness to use a telemedicine app in the future will also be evaluated through satisfaction survey.

Conditions

  • Outpatients
  • Virtual Clinic
  • Text Messaging
  • General Surgery

Interventions

OTHER

Text message follow up

A text message will be sent to the patient 6-8 weeks following discharge

OTHER

Telephone follow up

The patient will be followed up at 6-8 weeks following discharge with a telephone call

OTHER

In person follow up

The patient will be followed up at 6-8 weeks following discharge in person in the outpatient department

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Paul M Cromwell, BM BS BA MRCS · Department of Surgery, Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown, Dublin 15

  • Thomas N Walsh, MD MCh FRCSI · Department of Surgery, Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown, Dublin 15

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-09-16
Primary Completion
2020-06-21
Completion
2020-06-21

Countries

  • Ireland

Study Locations

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