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Keeping Stable Inflammatory Arthritis Patients in Their Communities With the Advanced Clinician Practitioner in Arthritis Care

NCT04249817 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 15

Last updated 2021-07-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In Ontario, rheumatology services are in short supply. Many people with inflammatory arthritis (IA) are traveling long distances for care and face geographical/ financial challenges in so doing. Travel burden may be decreased and satisfaction with care improved by integrating existing health care resources. A few rheumatologists in Ontario have adopted a video conferencing (VC) model for follow-up of stable IA patients using the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) with Extended Role Practitioners (ERPs) doing on-site assessments. Anecdotal evidence suggests this model benefits both patient and rheumatologist. We will determine how people with stable well-controlled IA, living more than 100 km round-trip from the rheumatology clinic, perceive quality of life before, during and after VC with ERP follow-up visits compared to usual care. Disease activity, functional status, medication adherence, patient satisfaction, and barriers to care will also be measured.

Conditions

  • Inflammatory Arthritis

Interventions

OTHER

Video Conferencing with Exteneded Role Practitioner (VC-ERP)

Participant goes to Ontario Telemedicine site for follow-up. At site, participant will get a physical assessment by an extended role practitioner and then will connect to their rheumatologist by videoconferencing for completion of follow-up.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Initiative for Outcomes in Rheumatology Care

    collaborator OTHER

  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-09-05
Primary Completion
2020-06-30
Completion
2020-06-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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