Outpatient Clinic in Obesity Care During COVID-19 Outbreak: Physically Far, Virtually Near

Completed

• Conditions: Patient Underwent Bariatric Surgery; Bariatric Surgery Candidate
• Interventions: Other: Telemedicine to remote outpatient visit in bariatric patient

• Registration Number: NCT04407663
• Lead Sponsor: University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"

Brief Summary

Bariatric patients represent a peculiar and frail subset of subjects, constantly increasing. During the novel coronavirus disease outbreak, for the lockdown of any non-urgent and non-oncological activity, the access to healthcare services was severely limited, according to the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders.

Detailed Description

The constant and strict follow-up is mandatory in this special subset of patients. Therefore, starting from the telemedicine experience in different medical fields, in our bariatric surgery division we designed and started a dedicated project to follow-up obese patients using remote counselling.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-03-03
• Status Verified: 2020-05
• Primary Completion: 2020-05-04
• Study Completion: 2020-05-04
• Study First Submitted: 2020-05-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-05-28
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-05-28
• Study First Posted: 2020-05-29
• Last Update Posted: 2020-05-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 138

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Bariatric Patient	Telemedicine to remote outpatient visit in bariatric patient	Inclusion criteria were as follows: obese adults (\> 18 years of age, BMI\> 40 or \> 35 with comorbidities) older than 18 years; patients undergoing bariatric surgery within 6 months; patients who required clinical and instrumental control; presence of a caregiver in case of subject with cognitive impairment; patients with a history of bariatric surgery who requested a first outpatients access or established patients who requested an outpatients' visit for an emerging problem.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Evaluation of feasibility of telemedicine in outpatient visit in bariatric patients	2 months	Telemedicine to follow-up and identify sing or symptom of alarm in patient undergoing bariatric surgery or in established bariatric patients during COVID-19 outbreak

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"; 🇮🇹 Naples, Italy