Telemedicine (Virtual Clinic) for Pediatric Surgery During Covid-19 Pandemic

NCT04990570 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Al-AzharTelemedicineinCovid-19
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 1,396
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Telemedicine (Virtual Clinic) Effectively Delivers the Required Health-care Service to Pediatric Day-case Surgical Patients in the Current Era of Covid-19 Pandemic: A Non-randomized Controlled Study

Conditions

Telemedicine; Virtual Clinic; Covid19; Pandemic

Keywords

Telemedicine;; Covid-19 Pandemic;; Pediatric Surgery;; Children;; Video Conversation;; Patient's Privacy;; Data Security; Health-care Service; Day-case Surgery

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (6)

• Age of patients

  Age in years

  1 year

• Condition distribution

  Condition distribution in percentage

  1 year

• Conversation duration

  Conversation duration in minutes

  1 year

• Attendance rate

  Attendance rate in percentage

  1 year

• Cancellation rate

  Cancellation rate in percentage

  1 year

• Rate of re-admissions

  Rate of re-admissions in percentage

  1 year

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Ultimate fate of the interview

  1 year

• Patient satisfaction questionnaire

  1 year

Study Arms (2)

Pediatric day-case surgical patients, encountered via Virtual clinic from June 2020 till July 2021

Pediatric patients, with age ranging from 1 month-14 years, with day-case surgical problems, encountered during the era of Covid-19 pandemic. Telemedicine, in the form of Virtual clinic, was utilized to address this distressing problem, to aid in conveying their concerns and bridge the gap in surgeon-patient relationship \& encounter.

Other: Telemedicine in the form Virtual clinic via video consultation

Control group comprising of patients scheduled to the OPD clinic from June 2019 till June 2020

Cases of office OPD appointments in the period from June 2019 till June 2020 will be included as a control group

Interventions

Telemedicine in the form Virtual clinic via video consultation OTHER

Pediatric patients, with age ranging from 1 month-14 years, with surgical problems, encountered during the era of Covid-19 pandemic. Some of them seen at the OPD clinic, while the majority failed to attend because of Covid-19 associated lock-down and Curfew, thus, rendering their approach to the service. Telemedicine, in the form of Virtual clinic, was utilized to address the distressing problem of difficult approach of patients to the pedia surgery OPD because of Covid-19 pandemic restrictive regulatory precautions, to aid in conveying their concerns and bridge the gap in surgeon-patient relationship \& encounter.

Pediatric day-case surgical patients, encountered via Virtual clinic from June 2020 till July 2021

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 1 Month - 14 Years
• Sex: all
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Pediatric surgical patients, with age ranging from 1 month till 14 yrs old, in need to surgical consultation and further management of their issues in the era of Covid-19 pandemic, with the majority being rendered from approach to the OPD because of Covid-19 associated regulatory precautions notably lockdown period and Curfew

You may qualify if:

• Pediatric patients, with surgical conditions or consultations
• Mindful parents, motivated to use this remote interaction technology
• Available equipment (smart phone, computer or laptop, or tablet and strong stable internet connection with Ethernet coverage)

You may not qualify if:

• Patients older than 14 yrs of age
• Parents/patients refuse this method of interaction
• Equipment shortage
• Poor internet connection

Sponsors & Collaborators

• dr. Muhammad Abdelhafez Mahmoud, MD: lead

Study Sites (1)

Muhammad Elsayed Abdelhafez Mahmoud

Riyadh, 14213, Saudi Arabia

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

COVID-19

Interventions

Telemedicine

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Respiratory Tract Infections; Infections; Virus Diseases; Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Delivery of Health Care; Patient Care Management; Health Services Administration

Study Officials

• Muhammad Elsayed AH Mahmoud, MD

  Al-Azhar University, Faculty of Medicine

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE CONTROL
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Target Duration: 1 Year
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Lecturer of pediatric surgery, Al-Azhar Faculty of Medicine

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 2, 2021
• First Posted: August 4, 2021
• Study Start: June 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: June 7, 2020
• Study Completion: July 31, 2021
• Last Updated: August 20, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF
• Time Frame: August 2021 till indefinitely
• Access Criteria: Send a request to the study principal-investigator

Locations

SA (1)