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Outpatient Clinic in Obesity Care During COVID-19 Outbreak: Physically Far, Virtually Near

NCT04407663 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 138

Last updated 2020-05-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Bariatric patients represent a peculiar and frail subset of subjects, constantly increasing. During the novel coronavirus disease outbreak, for the lockdown of any non-urgent and non-oncological activity, the access to healthcare services was severely limited, according to the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders.

Conditions

  • Bariatric Surgery Candidate
  • Patient Underwent Bariatric Surgery

Interventions

OTHER

Telemedicine to remote outpatient visit in bariatric patient

Patients that referred for the first time to our bariatric center were investigated for anthropometric, psychological and instrumental data in order to evaluate the eligibility for a future bariatric procedure. In established patients, eligibility for tele-consultation was evaluated by three experienced physicians, consulting the stored patients' data. All included patients provided oral informed consent. Patients approached the virtual visit with their personal smart devices, desktop or laptop computer. Medical counselling was performed using a desktop or laptop computer from the Hospital or home in a smart working modality. The video call was carried out using Skype platform by Microsoft®; any document drawn up by the physician was saved as pdf using the Cute Professional™ PDF software, that allows to add passwords and set security options to protect the patients' data.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-03-03
Primary Completion
2020-05-04
Completion
2020-05-04

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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