The Effects of Postoperative Physician Phone Calls for Hand and Wrist Fractures

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hand Injuries and Disorders; Hand Injuries; Trauma
• Interventions: Behavioral: Postoperative phone call

• Registration Number: NCT03557073
• Lead Sponsor: Indiana University

Brief Summary

This study seeks to determine if postoperative phone calls by a physician affect outcomes in hand surgery.

Detailed Description

This study seeks to determine if postoperative phone calls by a physician affect outcomes in hand surgery. Patients who require operative treatment of hand and wrist fractures are randomly assigned to a group that receives a postoperative phone call or the control group that receives the standard postoperative care. Patient reported and medical outcomes are observed starting at 1 month postoperatively.

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-01-01
• Study First Submitted: 2018-06-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-06-04
• Study First Posted: 2018-06-14
• Primary Completion: 2018-12-31
• Study Completion: 2018-12-31
• Status Verified: 2019-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-02-26
• Last Update Posted: 2019-02-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 24

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with isolated injuries of the hand who present to a specific level 1 trauma center in the Midwestern United States
• Patients who have planned surgical treatment by a pre-specified group of surgeons

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Exclusion Criteria

• Patients who have significant trauma to other organ systems proximal to the wrist
• Patients who have open ("compound") fractures (i.e., bone is exposed)
• Children

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Phone Call	Postoperative phone call	Subjects in this study arm receive a post-operative phone call by a physician.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Brief Michigan Hand Questionnaire Score Difference	1 month postoperatively.	A patient reported measure of hand function on a scale of 1 to 100. 100 indicates better hand function and 1 indicates worse hand function. The measure is obtained form a survey that has been published in multiple peer reviewed articles. This score can be subtracted from preoperative score to obtain a difference in score of preoperative compared to postoperative.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Eskenazi Hospital; 🇺🇸 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States