Surgical Telemedicine in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era

Completed

• Conditions: Surgery; COVID
• Interventions: Other: Completion of pre-pandemic survey; Other: Completion of post telemedicine encounter survey; Other: Completion of survey after peak of pandemic

• Registration Number: NCT04376710
• Lead Sponsor: University of Colorado, Denver

Brief Summary

The current COVID-19 pandemic has caused delays in initial or follow-up encounters between surgical patients and physicians. While this delay allows for resource allocation to those most severely affected by the pandemic, surgeons are faced with potential important delays in diagnosis and the expanding backlog of elective cases and initial evaluations.

This project will assess surgeon and patient telemedicine perspectives. Pre-pandemic views on telemedicine among a cohort of surgeons will be obtained and compared to views at 3 months from the peak of the pandemic. Patients will be surveyed following telemedicine appointments with an anonymous questionnaire to learn about patient receptiveness to telemedicine. Barriers to implementation will be addressed throughout the duration of the study.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-05-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-05-04
• Study First Posted: 2020-05-06
• Study Start: 2020-07-01
• Status Verified: 2020-10
• Primary Completion: 2020-10-01
• Study Completion: 2020-10-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-10-26
• Last Update Posted: 2020-10-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 180

Inclusion Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Surgeons	Completion of pre-pandemic survey	-
Patients	Completion of post telemedicine encounter survey	-
Surgeons	Completion of survey after peak of pandemic	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Evaluate surgeon perceptions to telemedicine and perceived barriers to implementation	6 months	Surgeons will take an anonymous survey early after the start of the study regarding perceptions to telemedicine and perceived barriers to implementation. Surgeons will be asked again after 3 months from the peak of the pandemic to take another survey to assess how the pandemic has changed perceptions to telemedicine and the observed barriers to implementation.
Evaluate patient perceptions to telemedicine and perceived barriers to implementation	6 months	Patients will take an optional anonymous survey at the end of each telemedicine encounter to assess patient perceptions to telemedicine and barriers to implementation.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Children's Hospital Colorado; 🇺🇸 Aurora, Colorado, United States