A New Telemedicine Approach for Chronic HIV/AIDS Patient Home Care
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 83
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Clinical evaluation of patients cared through Virtual Hospital
研究概览
简要总结
Background: Antiretroviral therapy has changed the natural history of the HIV infection in developed countries becoming a chronic disease. This clinical scenario would need a new approach to control patients, simplifying the follow-up visits and the accessibility to the healthcare professionals. A new home care model using a telemedicine system (Virtual Hospital) was developed.
详细描述
Stable HIV-infected patients with access to a computer and broadband were randomized to: arm I, patients monitored by Virtual Hospital the first year and arm II patients monitored in the hospital the first year (standard of care). After 1 year of follow up, patients were crossed into the other arm. A "Virtual Hospital" was developed to integrate the control of patient in a multidisciplinary telecare team, allowing the patient to be remotely followed-up by the healthcare professionals through Internet. Virtual Hospital had four main services: Virtual Consultations, Telepharmacy, Virtual Library and Virtual Community. A technical and a clinical evaluation of Virtual Hospital were made.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Stable patients (CD4 >250 cells/mm3 during at least the 3 months before inclusion to the study)
- •Having access to a computer and to a broadband
排除标准
- •HIV infected adults with current therapy failure (defined by detectable viral load on treatment or CD4 cell count < 250 cells/ml)
- •Opportunistic infections
- •Pregnant women
结局指标
主要结局
Clinical evaluation of patients cared through Virtual Hospital
时间窗: Two years
The main goals were the definition, development, clinical routine installation and evaluation of a telemedicine service that compares standard care with telecare follow-up for attending stable HIV-infected patients in the chronic phase of their disease.
次要结局
未报告次要终点