Impact of a Telenursing Service on Satisfaction and Health Outcomes of Children With Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases

Impact of a Telenursing Service on Satisfaction and Health Outcomes of Children With Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases and Their Family: a Crossover Trial

Paediatric rheumatisms represent a large group of inflammatory and non-inflammatory diseases of the locomotion system. The annual rate incidence of children diagnosed with rheumatic disease in Switzerland (canton of Vaud) is 56.8 for 100'000 children. These children experience a chronic course of the disease impacting on their quality of life and family functioning. Their medical treatment is significant and may last for life. Caring for these children involves a multidisciplinary approach. Control of the disease and management of the symptoms becomes of foremost importance to minimise disability and pain. In addition to medical care, the supporting role of nurses in the care of children with rheumatic diseases and their family aims to limit the potential for further deformity, disability, and psychological complications. In particular, they play a key role in supporting the specialist team caring for patients with rheumatism disease, recognising poor disease control and the need for changes in treatment, providing a resource to patients on treatment options and how to access additional support and advice, and identifying best practice to achieve optimal outcomes for the patients and their family. Nurses also ensure the link between medical practitioner, other health providers, and family, thus play a key role in the follow-up care of the child and its family. Follow-up of children and their family can be ensured by regular telephone consultation (telenursing) made by experienced nurse specialists in rheumatology. However, the effectiveness of telenursing remains to be proven in children with chronic rheumatic diseases. The aim of this study is, therefore, to evaluate the effect of a telephone nursing intervention on the outcomes of family and children with rheumatism chronic disease.

This randomised crossover, experimental longitudinal study will be carried out in the outpatient clinic of paediatric rheumatology of a tertiary referral hospital in canton of Vaud. The population will consist of children newly diagnosed with inflammatory rheumatologic diseases and one of their parent. The nurse-led intervention will consist of providing a monthly telephone call by a qualified and experienced nurse specialist in paediatric rheumatology and TN to ensure follow-up of the children and their family. The intervention will focus on providing affective support, health information, and aid to making decision.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Inflammatory Rheumatism
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Telenursing

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 55
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Switzerland
  • Vaud
    • Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland, 1011
      • University Hospital of Vaud - Department of Pediatrics

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 1 year to 17 years (CHILD)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children under the age of 17 years at the time of enrolment into the study
• Newly diagnosed (within 24 months from the enrolment date) with inflammatory rheumatologic diseases
• Registered as outpatient in the clinic of paediatric rheumatology
• A parent (the mother or the father or the guardian) on behalf of their children.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children and parents who do not understand and speak French
• No access to a telephone line.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: CROSSOVER
• Masking: SINGLE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Telenursing	Behavioral: Telenursing; The nurse-led intervention will consist of providing a monthly telephone call by a qualified and experienced nurse specialist in paediatric rheumatology and TN to ensure follow-up of the children and their family. The intervention will focus on providing affective support, health information, and aid to making decision.
NO_INTERVENTION: Standard practice; Group receive the standard practice, without telephone nursing intervention.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Satisfaction	Mixed methods, with Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8), and semi-structured interview	2 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Telenursing service utilisation	Telenursing service utilisation will be recorded in terms of number, time and duration of calls, who made the call, the nature of the call, decision made, description of the plan for action, and follow-through of the advice.	2 years
Adherence to therapeutic regimen	Parent Adherence Report Questionnaire (PARQ) and Child Adherence Report Questionnaire (CARQ)	2 years
Cost effectiveness	Cost will be descriptive in nature and be estimated by calculating the cost related to the time for the use of the service by a qualified nurse versus what the parents would have done if the service was not avalaible.	2 years
Clinical status (disease activity, QOL)	Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score (JADAS) and Juvenile Arthritis Multidimensional Assessment Report (JAMAR)	2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland
• Collaborators: Swiss National Science Foundation; University of Lausanne Hospitals; Réseau d'Etudes aux Confins de la Santé et du Social (RECSS)(HES-SO); Consultation Multisite Romande de Rhumatologie Pédiatrique; Ligue Genevoise contre le Rhumatisme
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Anne-Sylvie Ramelet, PhD, Institut universitaire de formation et de recherche en soins-IUFRS

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Ramelet AS, Fonjallaz B, Rio L, Zoni S, Ballabeni P, Rapin J, Gueniat C, Hofer M. Impact of a nurse led telephone intervention on satisfaction and health outcomes of children with inflammatory rheumatic diseases and their families: a crossover randomized clinical trial. BMC Pediatr. 2017 Jul 17;17(1):168. doi: 10.1186/s12887-017-0926-5.
• Ramelet AS, Fonjallaz B, Rapin J, Gueniat C, Hofer M. Impact of a telenursing service on satisfaction and health outcomes of children with inflammatory rheumatic diseases and their families: a crossover randomized trial study protocol. BMC Pediatr. 2014 Jun 18;14:151. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-151.

Helpful Links

• Swiss National Science Foundation

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: August 1, 2011
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): September 1, 2014
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): September 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 12, 2012
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 12, 2012
• First Posted (ESTIMATE): January 18, 2012

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE): February 4, 2015
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 3, 2015
• Last Verified: February 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Children; Nursing; Chronic Illness; Telenursing
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Infections; Joint Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Connective Tissue Diseases; Arthritis; Bacterial Infections; Bacterial Infections and Mycoses; Streptococcal Infections; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections; Rheumatic Diseases; Collagen Diseases; Rheumatic Fever
• Other Study ID Numbers: SNSF-13DPD6_132135