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

NCT03557073 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 1712309601
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 24
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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

Conditions

Hand Injuries; Trauma; Hand Injuries and Disorders

Keywords

Hand injuries; Hand trauma; Patient reported outcomes

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Brief Michigan Hand Questionnaire Score Difference

  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.

  1 month postoperatively.

Other Outcomes (3)

• Patient compliance with treatment recommendations

  1 month postoperatively

• Patient satisfaction with their overall care

  1 month postoperatively.

• Patient complication

  1 month postoperatively

Study Arms (2)

Phone Call

EXPERIMENTAL

Subjects in this study arm receive a post-operative phone call by a physician.

Behavioral: Postoperative phone call

No Phone call

NO INTERVENTION

Subjects in this study arm do not receive an additional post-operative phone call by a physician.

Interventions

Postoperative phone call BEHAVIORAL

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

Phone Call

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• 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

You may not qualify if:

• 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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Indiana University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Eskenazi Hospital

Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Hand Injuries; Wounds and Injuries; Disease

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Joshua M Adkinson, M.D.

  Indiana University School of Medicine

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: CARE PROVIDER, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Both the provider and the outcomes assessor are blinded to participant's study arm.
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Joshua Michael Adkinson

Model Details: Participants are randomized to receiving a postoperative phone call or not receiving a postoperative phone call by a physician.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 4, 2018
• First Posted: June 14, 2018
• Study Start: January 1, 2018
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2018
• Study Completion: December 31, 2018
• Last Updated: February 28, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-02

Locations

US (1)