Interdisciplinary forms of cooperation in pain medicine, including telemedical applications

Not Applicable

• Conditions: F45.41; R52.1; R52.2; F45.4; Chronic intractable pain; Other chronic pain; Persistent somatoform pain disorder

• Registration Number: DRKS00029359
• Lead Sponsor: Interdisziplinäres Schmerzzentrum sowie Institut für Allgemeinmedizin (Prof.A.Maun) der Uniklinik Freiburg sind gemeinsam verantwortlich als Projektleiter*in, finanziert und in Auftrag gegeben wurde die Studie durch das Land BaWü

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-11-02
• Study Completion: 2024-05-31
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 70

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria for physicians to participate in the interview:
- Working in a practice or MVZ as a general practitioner or other specialist in Baden-Württemberg.

Inclusion criteria for physicians to participate in the digital cooperation:
- Practice is in the catchment area of the ISZ Freiburg, location in South Baden (within a radius of max. approx. 80 km)
- General practice or specialist practice in Baden-Württtemberg
- KV admission
- Internet-capable terminal device (computer/laptop) in the consulting room.

Inclusion criteria Patients for participation in the interview:
- older than 18 years
- Chronic pain disorder, i.e. more than 3 months of persistent or recurrent pain
- or presence of a disease with a high risk of chronicity, e.g. CRPS (complex regional pain syndrome) or post-zoster neuralgia or tumor-related pain
- sufficient knowledge of German.

Inclusion criteria Patients for participation in the digital cooperation:
- see above and additionally
- Access to an internet-enabled device (computer, smartphone, tablet)

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria for physicians to participate in the interview:
- Working outside of Baden-Württemberg.

Exclusion criteria GPs and specialists in private practice from other specialties for participation in digital cooperation:
- Practice is located outside the catchment area of the ISZ, outside South Baden
- located abroad
- No registered office
- no Internet-capable terminal device (computer/laptop) in the consulting room.

Exclusion criteria for patients to participate in the interview:
- younger than 18 years
- unable to give consent, e.g. due to a dementia illness
- presence of an acute psychiatric illness (e.g. schizotypal disorder or acute psychosis)
- insufficient knowledge of German
- aphasia

Additional exclusion criteria Patients for participation in digital cooperation:
- no access to an internet-enabled device computer, tablet or smartphone

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
• Evaluation of the technical and temporal feasibility of a digital cooperation from the digital registration to the implementation of the joint video consultation<br>• Evaluation of the subjective satisfaction with the treatment cooperation during the telemedical measure in terms of satisfaction in communication, care and technical quality of everyone involved in the study (GPs, other resident specialists, patients, psychologists, physiotherapists , social counselors)