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NCT Number: NCT03557073

The Effects of Postoperative Physician Phone Calls for Hand and Wrist Fractures

This study seeks to determine if postoperative phone calls by a physician affect outcomes in hand surgery.

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Key information

Conditions

Hand Injuries Disease Hand Injuries and Disorders Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Trauma Wounds and Injuries

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Eskenazi Hospital

Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States

About this study

This study seeks to determine if postoperative phone calls by a physician affect outcomes in hand surgery. Patients who require operative treatment of hand and wrist fractures are randomly assigned to a group that receives a postoperative phone call or the control group that receives the standard postoperative care. Patient reported and medical outcomes are observed starting at 1 month postoperatively.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients with isolated injuries of the hand who present to a specific level 1 trauma center in the Midwestern United States
  • Patients who have planned surgical treatment by a pre-specified group of surgeons

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients who have significant trauma to other organ systems proximal to the wrist
  • Patients who have open ("compound") fractures (i.e., bone is exposed)
  • Children

Treatment and study plan

Postoperative phone call

Behavioral

The intervention is a phone call on the day following surgery.

Primary outcomes

  1. Brief Michigan Hand Questionnaire Score Difference

    Time frame: 1 month postoperatively.

    A patient reported measure of hand function on a scale of 1 to 100. 100 indicates better hand function and 1 indicates worse hand function. The measure is obtained form a survey that has been published in multiple peer reviewed articles. This score can be subtracted from preoperative score to obtain a difference in score of preoperative compared to postoperative.

Other outcomes

  1. Patient compliance with treatment recommendations

    Time frame: 1 month postoperatively

    Patient compliance with treatment as documented in their medical record. Patients are either compliant or not compliant (values can be 0 or 1), i.e., their physician states that they followed instructions or they did not.

  2. Patient satisfaction with their overall care

    Time frame: 1 month postoperatively.

    Patient satisfaction with their overall care, as determined on a 5 point Likert scale. 1 is strongly satisfied whereas 5 is strongly dissatisfied.

  3. Patient complication

    Time frame: 1 month postoperatively

    Patient either has a complication or does not (values can be 0 or 1), i.e., their physician states that they had a complication.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Indiana University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Effects of Postoperative Physician Phone Calls for Hand and Wrist Fractures: a Single-blinded, Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Jun 14, 2018
Registry last updated
Feb 28, 2019

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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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