Study to assess the usefulness, effectiveness and feasibility for future use of the consultations done using telephone/whatsapp in rheumatic diseases during CoVID-19 pandemic
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M368- Systemic disorders of connective tissue in other diseases classified elsewhere
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/08/027324
- Lead Sponsor
- ot Applicable
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Consenting patients
Patients must have had at least 2 prior physical visits to the department
COnsents to give feedback about their tele-consultations
Has the facility for video-calling applications like WhatsApp
Exclusion Criteria
Non-consenting patients
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To weigh the usefulness of tele-consultations in rheumatic diseases patients in assessing patientsâ?? condition and addressing their complaints using Numeric rating Score (NRS)Timepoint: Single time point after the tele-consultation
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the effect of the pandemic and the lockdown on patientsâ?? condition as well as the cost-effectiveness, patient acceptance and their views about continuing teleconsultation in post-CoVID-19 pandemic timeTimepoint: Single time point after the tele-consultation