Remote Orthopedic Outpatient Consultation by Help of Telemedicine
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00616837 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : February 15, 2008
Last Update Posted : December 17, 2015
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Orthopedic Disorders | Other: Telemedicine consultation Other: Standard care in orthopaedic outpatient clinic | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 400 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Health Services Research |
Official Title: | Remote Orthopedic Outpatient Consultation by Help of Telemedicine |
Study Start Date : | November 2007 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | October 2012 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | October 2014 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: Standard consultation
Standard care in orthopaedic outpatient clinic
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Other: Standard care in orthopaedic outpatient clinic
Standard care in orthopedic outpatient clinic (usual care) |
Experimental: Telemedicine consultation
Orthopaedic care in outpatient clinic by use of telemedicine.
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Other: Telemedicine consultation
Outpatient consultation by help of telemedicine (video conference) |
- Safety and quality of health care [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
- Patient satisfaction [ Time Frame: up to 1 year after last consultation ]Patient satisfaction will be measured based on a total score calculated on the basis of responses to satisfaction questionnaire. Questionnaires will be filled out at each visit/consultation and at 3 months or one year after last consultation.
- Cost value [ Time Frame: up to 1 year ]Travel expenses, escort expenses, equipment and other costs related to patient consultation

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Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Older Adult |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Informed consent given
- New referred patients to orthopaedic department (outpatient), UNN, for conditions suitable for telemedicine consultation
- Follow up consultation of trauma patients (operated/not operated)
- Follow up consultation after elective orthopaedic surgery (e.g hip prothesis)
- Follow up of other orthopaedic patients
Exclusion Criteria:
- Senile dementia
- Soldiers, prisoners
- Patients not talking Norwegian, dependent on translator
- If specialized procedures are required during follow up (e.g. cat-scan, ultrasound etc)
- Patients requiring a specific doctor

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00616837
Norway | |
Orthopaedic department, Tromso University Hospital | |
Tromso, Norway, N-9038 |
Principal Investigator: | Astrid S Buvik, MD | University Hospital North Norway | |
Study Chair: | Arvid Smaabrekke, MD | University Hospital North Norway | |
Study Chair: | Jan Abel Olsen, PhD | University of Tromso | |
Study Director: | Tom Wilsgaard, PhD | University of Tromso, Norway | |
Study Chair: | Gunnar Knutsen, MD, PhD | University Hospital NorthNorway |
Responsible Party: | University Hospital of North Norway |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00616837 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
P-REK-N-134/2006 Personvernombudet,UNN 05.12.06 ( Other Identifier: University Hospital North Norway ) P-REK-N-134/2006 (REK) ( Registry Identifier: Regional ethic comittee, Region North ) |
First Posted: | February 15, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | December 17, 2015 |
Last Verified: | December 2015 |
Remote consultation/*methods Orthopaedics methods Telemedicine Follow-up study Ambulatory care |
Musculoskeletal Diseases |