Feasibility and Quality of TeleConsultation in Pediatric Anesthesia

NCT04583865 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: RC31/20/02202020-A02275-34
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 848
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 11

Brief Summary

Teleconsultation (TLC) being a new method of anesthesia consultation, deployed as an emergency in healthcare facilities in the Covid context, it has never been evaluated either in terms of feasibility or in terms of quality. An initial assessment will highlight the pitfalls and difficulties encountered and suggest areas for improvement.

Conditions

Anesthesia

Keywords

Teleconsultation-anesthesia

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• assess the feasibility of teleconsultation (TLC) in pediatric anesthesia in France in the context of the COVID 19 pandemic.

  The feasibility of anesthesia TLC will be assessed by the failure rate of anesthesia TLC, defined by the conversion rate to degraded TLC (use of an unsecured video medium such as WhatsApp or simple audio communication without video support) or in face-to-face consultation

  3 months

Study Arms (1)

teleconsultation

Patient with teleconsultation of pre-anesthesia

Other: teleconsultation

Interventions

teleconsultation OTHER

In the pandemic period linked to COVID, pediatric pre-anesthesis consultations should preferably be carried out by teleconsultation. This is to assess the effectiveness of these teleconsultation and the satisfaction of parents.

teleconsultation

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 1 Month - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

patients under the age of 18 requiring an anesthesia consultation for an act requiring anesthesia

You may qualify if:

• All patients under the age of 18 requiring an anesthesia consultation for an act requiring anesthesia
• whose deprogramming in the context of the Covid 19 pandemic would lead to a loss of opportunity for the patient,
• Or whose programming in the context of the Covid 19 pandemic is in accordance with the recommendations made in field of the Professional Practice Recommendations
• And for which the family and the anesthetist have agreed to carry out the consultation by telemedicine

You may not qualify if:

• Patient whose anesthesia consultation is performed face-to-face as a first-line decision
• Family refusing teleconsultation

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Hospital, Toulouse: lead

Study Sites (11)

CHU Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France

Location

CHU de Caen

Caen, France

Location

CHUde Lyon

Lyon, France

Location

CHU de Montpellier

Montpellier, France

Location

CHU de Nice

Nice, France

Location

AP-HP Necker

Paris, France

Location

AP-HP Robert Debré

Paris, France

Location

CHU de Rennes

Rennes, France

Location

CHU de la Réunion

Saint-Denis, France

Location

CH de Tarbes

Tarbes, France

Location

UHToulouse

Toulouse, 31000, France

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Remote Consultation

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Referral and Consultation; Professional Practice; Organization and Administration; Health Services Administration; Telemedicine; Delivery of Health Care; Patient Care Management

Study Officials

• KERN Delphine, MD

  University Hospital, Toulouse

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 7, 2020
• First Posted: October 12, 2020
• Study Start: September 23, 2020
• Primary Completion: September 14, 2021
• Study Completion: November 2, 2022
• Last Updated: March 13, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

FR (11)