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Quality of Preanesthesia Teleconsultation : a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Not Applicable
Conditions
Preanesthesia Consultation
Interventions
Procedure: preanesthesia teleconsultation
Procedure: preanesthesia traditional consultation
Registration Number
NCT03470896
Lead Sponsor
Central Hospital, Nancy, France
Brief Summary

Since the publication of the law " Hôpital, Patients, Santé, Territoire " of 2009 in France, the development of telemedicine is a public health issue. It is also a government priority registered in the government investment plan of 2017-2018.

The quality of preanesthesia teleconsultation at home, through video-conference, has never been tested in practice.The aim of this study is to evaluate the quality of preanesthesia teleconsultations through video-conference, compared with traditional preanesthesia consultations. The quality is established by the assessment of the primary outcome : the risks related to difficult intubation, in patients undergoing ambulatory surgery at the Surgical Center Emile Galle. Our research hypothesis is that there is no difference between the quality of preanesthesia teleconsultations through video-conference, and the quality of traditional preanesthesia consultations. Secondary objectives are to identify satisfaction and preoperative anxiety of patients regarding teleconsultation, to identify satisfaction of practioners regarding teleconsultation, to evaluate the quality (based on the assessment of secondary outcomes) of preanesthesia teleconsultations compared with traditional preanesthesia consultations, and to evaluate the technical viability of generalising preanesthesia teleconsultation.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
240
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patient with social security affiliation.
  • Informed consent from patient
  • Patient with an ambulatory surgery programmed in the surgical center Emile Galle (CHRU de Nancy)
  • Patient with technology equipments, which are compatible with the plateform of video-conference :
  • smartphones, touch pads, computer
  • web-browser ( chrome or internet explorer)
  • Webcam and microphone
  • Printer
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients covered by Articles L. 1121-5 to L. 1121-8, L1122-2 and L. 1122-1-2 of the french public health code. (Persons especially protected by Act)
  • Patients refusing to participate to the study, or refusing the randomization for the group allocation.
  • Preanesthesia consultation for a programmed surgery in an hospital other than the surgical center of Emile Galle.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Preanesthesia teleconsultationpreanesthesia teleconsultationPreanesthesia teleconsultation through video-conference, between an anesthesiologist of the surgical center Emile Galle, in a medical consulting room in the surgical center Emile Galle, and a patient at home or at work. The patient must be in a quiet area, which allows the confidential medical contact.
Bis traditional consultationpreanesthesia traditional consultationIf a patient, in the group " preanesthesia teleconsultation " cannot realized his teleconsultation because of technical problem, he will be assigned on the sub group " bis traditional preanesthesia consultation ".
Preanesthesia traditional consultationpreanesthesia traditional consultationPreanesthesia traditional consultation between an anesthesiologist of the surgical center Emile Galle, and a patient, in a medical consulting room in the surgical center Emile Galle.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Agreement concerning the risk of difficult intubation between preanesthesia consultation and visit.1 day before surgery or baseline (J0 = surgery day)

The quality of a preanesthesia consultation (teleconsultations or traditional consultations) is considered to be correct when the result (presence or lack of difficult intubation risks) is consistent with the result of the preanesthesia visit (before surgery.) If yes from 2 of the 4 following propositions about predictable intubation difficulty ( mallampi score \> II (yes/no), previous difficult intubation (yes/no), oral opening \<30mm (yes/no), distance thyro-mentonnière \< 65mm. (yes/no)), the predictable intubation will be difficult.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Satisfaction of patient1 day before surgery or baseline (J0 = surgery day)

Satisfaction of patient, who attended teleconsultation, tested by visual analogue scale : from 0 to 10 (poor to good results) in comparison with traditional consultation

Agreement between preanesthesia consultation and visit concerning the evaluation of "American Society of Anesthesiologists" (ASA) score of the patient1 day before surgery or baseline (J0 = surgery day)

The quality of a preanesthesia consultation (teleconsultations or traditional consultations) is considered to be correct when the result (ASA score of the patient) is consistent with the result of the preanesthesia visit (before surgery.)

Satisfaction of anesthesiologist1 day before surgery or baseline (J0 = surgery day)

Satisfaction of anesthesiologist, who realized teleconsultation, tested by visual analogue scale : from 0 to 10 (poor to good results), in comparison with traditional consultation

Preoperative anxiety of patient1 day before surgery or baseline (J0 = surgery day)

Preoperative anxiety of patient, who attended teleconsultation, tested by amsterdam scale (APAIS), in comparison with traditional consultation

Calculation of a ratio to evaluate the technical viability of generalising preanesthesia teleconsultation1 day before surgery or baseline (J0 = surgery day)

evaluate the technical viability of generalising preanesthesia teleconsultation, with calculation of ratio : number of randomized patients in group " preanesthesia teleconsultation ", who finally get a teleconsultation / number of randomized patients in group " preanesthesia teleconsultation. " The higher the ratio, the higher the teleconsultation can be considered as a generalisable care practice.

Agreement between preanesthesia consultation and visit concerning the risk of difficult mask ventilation1 day before surgery or baseline (J0 = surgery day)

The quality of a preanesthesia consultation (teleconsultations or traditional consultations) is considered to be correct when the result (presence or lack of difficult mask ventilation risks) is consistent with the result of the preanesthesia visit (before surgery.) If yes from 2 of the 4 following propositions about predictable mask ventilation difficulty ( patient with a barbe (yes/no), BMI\>26 kg/m2 (yes/no), edentulous patient (yes/no), an age \> 55 years old (yes/no)), snoring (yes/no), the predictable mask ventilation will be difficult.

Agreement between preanesthesia consultation and visit concerning correct treatment management.1 day before surgery or baseline (J0 = surgery day)

The quality of a preanesthesia consultation (teleconsultations or traditional consultations) is considered to be correct when the result (treatment management : interruption, continuation, relay) is consistent with the result of the preanesthesia visit (before surgery.)

Agreement between preanesthesia consultation and visit concerning completeness of preoperative workup1 day before surgery or baseline (J0 = surgery day)

The quality of a preanesthesia consultation (teleconsultations or traditional consultations) is considered to be correct when the result (preoperative workup : complete blood count (CBC) with platelet or/and coagulation factors or/and ionograms or/and blood group, or/and consultation with a specialist physician ) is consistent with the result of the preanesthesia visit (before surgery.)

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