A Randomized Controlled Pilot: Use of Telemedicine To Provide Inflammatory Bowel Disease Outpatient Care
试验速览
- 阶段
- 2 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 34
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Patient Clinical Experience
研究概览
简要总结
The investigators hypothesize that outpatient clinical care of Inflammatory Bowel Disease patients may be provided using a new computerized system over standard network - called Collaborative Imaging - with similar patient experience compared to a conventional clinic visit.
详细描述
Significant advances in gastroenterology have led the field to grow into a number of advanced subspecialties: inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), motility, therapeutic endoscopy, and transplant hepatology. Telemedicine, the application of information technology in support of health care delivery from a distance, has been employed with good success in various chronic conditions with excellent patient satisfaction.
Primary Aim: Our primary study endpoint was measuring patient clinical experience between two groups: A telemedicine remote clinic visit and a standard "in-house" visit.
Secondary Aim: To compare standard clinic metrics including clinic wait time, patient throughput, and appointment time between the two groups.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 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
- •Adult (> 18 years old) outpatient IBD patients in the Veterans Affairs medical system
排除标准
- •VA patients without IBD
- •Hospitalized IBD patients
结局指标
主要结局
Patient Clinical Experience
时间窗: Clinic Visit
We used a validated Ware Specific Visit Questionnaire to assess patients' satisfaction with their clinic-visit encounter. This is a 14-item questionnaire on doctor-patient interaction including factors such as attention to complaints, technical skills, and personal manner (courtesy,and ease of appointment scheduling and is based on a five-point Likert scale (1 excellent to 5 poor). Patients completed the questionnaire at the time of the visit. The 14 item scores were individually scored and then averaged to provide the final overall value.
次要结局
- Clinic Appointment Wait Time(Clinic Visit)
- Clinic Appointment Duration(Clinic Visit)
研究者
Roy Soetikno
Clinical Professor, Chief of Endoscopy
VA Palo Alto Health Care System