Smartphone Application: A Possible Solution for Follow up of Patients With Hip Arthroplasty

NCT04688840 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: TantaH
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 167
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Introduction: Over the last decades, telemedicine has been used in many surgical aspects. Its role in postoperative follow up is of significant interest with a remarkable success. Since the appearance of COVID-19, the challenge is how to follow the recommendations of World Health Organization which stressed on the importance of social distancing to avoid infection and at the same time provides satisfactory medical services. This study was done to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of Whatsapp social media program in postoperative follow up of patients with primary hip arthroplasty at the time of pandemic

Conditions

Telemedicine

Keywords

Whatsapt; hip arthroplasty; Telemedicine; patient's satisfaction

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Western Ontario McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC)

  evaluate the function ad activity of the hip joint

  7 months

• Short Form Health Survey Clinical care (SF12)

  describe general health status of the participant

  7 months

• Self-Administered Patient Satisfaction Scale (SAPS)

  satisfaction of the participants with the method of follow up

  7 months

Study Arms (2)

study results and satisfaction with telemedicine

the investigators designed a group on WhatsApp for all patients included in the study. The questionnaires were sent on the group to be filled by the patients in addition to a request for routine x ray follow up. Also, the investigators used the group to send any announcement, schedule of routine visits and some instructions about how to answer the questionnaires. To keep the privacy of patients' informations, every patient was asked to resend the file and x- ray pictures to the surgeon private account. the investigators collected data received by all patients and reviewed all x-rays. If there was any serious complain or major radiological finding the investigators asked the patient for immediate clinical visit.

Procedure: hip arthropalsty

study results and satisfaction with routine follow up

the investigators asked the patients to come for routine follow up visit (RV) and reevaluate them clinically and radiologically. the investigators asked patients to calculate total time needed for completion of the questionnaires, time needed for x-ray and the investigators added time needed for reviewing these files. The same was done at the RV including time of transportation

Procedure: hip arthropalsty

Interventions

hip arthropalsty PROCEDURE

follow up of patients with primary hip arthroplasty with at least one year follow up electronically and by routine method

study results and satisfaction with routine follow up; study results and satisfaction with telemedicine

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

patients with primary total hip arthroplasty without history of postoperative complications

You may qualify if:

• patients underwent primary hip arthroplasty for at least one year ago
• familiarity of the patient or one of close relative (e.g. son or daughter) with smart phone applications.

You may not qualify if:

• patients that have no facility or experience with computer or internet and do not have a close relative to assist them
• patients with any previous complications (e.g. Infection, dislocation and loosening).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Tanta University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Ahmed Samy

Tanta, Egypt

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: assisstant professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 14, 2020
• First Posted: December 30, 2020
• Study Start: January 1, 2020
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2020
• Study Completion: December 1, 2020
• Last Updated: December 30, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-12

Locations

EG (1)