- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT04376710
Surgical Telemedicine in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era
The current COVID-19 pandemic has caused delays in initial or follow-up encounters between surgical patients and physicians. While this delay allows for resource allocation to those most severely affected by the pandemic, surgeons are faced with potential important delays in diagnosis and the expanding backlog of elective cases and initial evaluations.
This project will assess surgeon and patient telemedicine perspectives. Pre-pandemic views on telemedicine among a cohort of surgeons will be obtained and compared to views at 3 months from the peak of the pandemic. Patients will be surveyed following telemedicine appointments with an anonymous questionnaire to learn about patient receptiveness to telemedicine. Barriers to implementation will be addressed throughout the duration of the study.
Study Overview
Status
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Colorado
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Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045
- Children's Hospital Colorado
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Sampling Method
Study Population
Surgical faculty at participating institutions will be able to complete pre and post pandemic surveys regarding telemedicine and barriers to implementation.
Surgical patients who complete a telemedicine encounter from the start of the study through a 6-month period will be included in the study. They will be able to complete an optional anonymous survey regarding perceptions to telemedicine and perceived barriers to implementation.
Description
Inclusion Criteria
- Surgical faculty at participating institutions will receive surveys regarding telemedicine early in the start of the study to assess baseline perceptions. These same group of surgeons will receive subsequent surveys 3 months after the peak of the pandemic to evaluate telemedicine perceptions following a rapid implementation and adoption of telemedicine.
- Surgical patients evaluated from the start of the study through a 6-month period will be included in the study. They will have the option after each telemedicine encounter to complete an anonymous survey regarding perceptions to this technology.
Exclusion Criteria
- No exclusions for surgical faculty are identified. Accrual of data from this group will be limited only by response rates to administered surveys.
- Exclusions for surgical patients will include the inability to access the technology required for a telemedicine consultation (e.g.: absence of a camera enabled smartphone, absence of a required internet or cellular connection to perform a telemedicine encounter). The investigators will keep a list of reasons for the inability to perform a telemedicine encounter to identify the barriers to implementation among patients.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
Cohorts and Interventions
Group / Cohort |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Patients
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Patients will take a post telemedicine encounter survey to determine patient perceptions to telemedicine and barriers to implementation.
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Surgeons
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Surgeons will take a pre-pandemic survey to determine surgeon perceptions to telemedicine and barriers to implementation.
Surgeons will take another survey after the peak of pandemic to determine surgeon perceptions to telemedicine and barriers to implementation.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Evaluate surgeon perceptions to telemedicine and perceived barriers to implementation
Time Frame: 6 months
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Surgeons will take an anonymous survey early after the start of the study regarding perceptions to telemedicine and perceived barriers to implementation.
Surgeons will be asked again after 3 months from the peak of the pandemic to take another survey to assess how the pandemic has changed perceptions to telemedicine and the observed barriers to implementation.
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6 months
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Evaluate patient perceptions to telemedicine and perceived barriers to implementation
Time Frame: 6 months
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Patients will take an optional anonymous survey at the end of each telemedicine encounter to assess patient perceptions to telemedicine and barriers to implementation.
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6 months
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
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Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 20-1177
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
IPD Plan Description
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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