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NCT Number: NCT01296841

Telemedicine To Provide Inflammatory Bowel Disease Outpatient Care

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Colitis Colitis, Ulcerative Colonic Diseases Crohn Disease Crohn's Disease Digestive System Diseases Gastroenteritis Gastrointestinal Diseases Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Intestinal Diseases Ulcerative Colitis

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Veterans Affairs Palo Alto

Palo Alto, California, 94304, United States

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Adult (> 18 years old) outpatient IBD patients in the Veterans Affairs medical system

Exclusion criteria

  • VA patients without IBD
  • Hospitalized IBD patients

Treatment and study plan

Collaborative Imaging

Device

Hardware and software communication tools to provide clinical care from a distance.

Other names: Telemedicine

Primary outcomes

  1. Patient Clinical Experience

    Time frame: 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.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Clinic Appointment Duration

    Time frame: Clinic Visit

    The investigators recorded appointment duration in minutes.

  2. Clinic Appointment Wait Time

    Time frame: Clinic Visit

    The investigators recorded clinic appointment wait time duration in minutes

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

VA Palo Alto Health Care System

Fed

Registry information

Official study title

A Randomized Controlled Pilot: Use of Telemedicine To Provide Inflammatory Bowel Disease Outpatient Care

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2010
First posted
Feb 16, 2011
Registry last updated
Mar 3, 2017

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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