Clinical trial NCT02229279: Evaluation of Teleconsulting on Rehabilitation After Hip and Knee Surgical Procedures
Official title: Evaluation of Teleconsulting on Rehabilitation After Hip and Knee Surgical Procedures
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Osteoarthritis, Hip
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Keywords: Surgical Procedures, Operative
Lead sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Agence Regionale de Sante d'Ile de France
First posted: 2014-09-01
Enrollment: 430
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The objective of this study is to assess the medical and economic relevance of teleconsulting for Rehabilitation After Hip and Knee Surgical Procedures.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Post hip or knee surgery
* Fulfilment of criteria for home rehabilitation (no need for hospital treatment post surgery)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Social isolation
* Life threatening condition
* No GSM network
* No DSL network

Primary outcomes:
measure: Functional subscore of simplified WOMAC Scale
timeFrame: up to 30 days after start of rehabilitation
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Joint Paint measured with visual analogue scale
timeFrame: up to 30 days after start of rehabilitation
measure: Patient satisfaction questionnaire
timeFrame: The last 1 day of the rehabilitation
measure: Medical and paramedical staff satisfaction questionnaire
timeFrame: 6 months after enrollment of the first patient
measure: Overall costs of treatment
timeFrame: 6 months after enrollment of the first patient
measure: Number of hospitalizations and use of emergency units
timeFrame: Within 30 days after start of rehabilitation
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Puteaux
country: France
facility: Fondation Santé Service, Pôle Rééducation- Handicap
Study officials:
affiliation: Fondation Santé Service, Pôle Rééducation - Handicap
name: Dominique Copin, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: DRCD URC Eco. Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
name: Isabelle Durand-Zaleski, MD, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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