Virtual Phone Visits Compared to In-Person Physical Visits for Post-Operative Follow-Up at a Sports Medicine Clinic

NCT05998148 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: 18CR-32251-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 90
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study will compare patient reported outcomes (PROs) of patients seen at virtual phone visits compared to in-person visits for 6 weeks, 12 weeks, and 6 months post-operative follow up at a sports medicine clinic. This study will determine if there is a difference in PROs between these two groups of patients. The investigators hypothesize patients who are seen during a virtual phone visit will report different PRO compared to patients who are seen during an in-person visit for post-operative follow-up at 6-months.

Conditions

Patient Satisfaction; Sports Injury; Surgery; Orthopedic Disorder

Keywords

patient reported outcomes; telemedicine; virtual; phone; sports medicine; in person

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• PROMIS Physical and Mental Scores

  Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) GLOBAL Survey is divided into PROMIS Physical and PROMIS Mental. Minimum score 16.2, Maximum Score 67.2 for PROMIS Physical. Minimum score 21.2, Maximum score 67.6 for PROMIS Mental. Higher score means better outcome.

  6 month post-operative visit

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score for Joint Replacement

  6 month post-operative visit

• Oxford Shoulder Score

  6 month post-operative visit

• Patient Satisfaction Scores

  6 month post-operative visit

Study Arms (2)

standard in-person appointment visits

NO INTERVENTION

Randomly selected participants will receive standard in-person post-operative appointment visits at 6 week, 12 week, and 6 months after surgery.

virtual phone appointment visits

EXPERIMENTAL

Randomly selected participants will receive virtual telemedicine post-operative appointment visits at 6 week, 12 week, and 6 months after surgery.

Other: virtual phone appointment visits

Interventions

virtual phone appointment visits OTHER

Patient will have post-operative appointments that place with telemedicine. The visits will will be virtual phone appointments scheduled at approximately 6 weeks, 12 weeks, and 6 months after surgery.

virtual phone appointment visits

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Participants are at least 18 years of age.
• Participants who are seen at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center sports medicine clinic.
• Participants have agreed to have operative intervention.
• Participants must own a phone with reliable calling capabilities.
• The Participants must have access to reliable internet to fill out the online survey.
• The Participants must be able to provide consent.
• Participants may include pregnant patients.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients that are under the age of 18
• any cognitive impaired adult
• any adult unable to provide consent.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Jonathan Wu: lead

Study Sites (1)

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Torrance, California, 90502, United States

Location

Related Publications (3)

• Sharareh B, Schwarzkopf R. Effectiveness of telemedical applications in postoperative follow-up after total joint arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2014 May;29(5):918-922.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2013.09.019. Epub 2013 Dec 15.

  PMID: 24342278 BACKGROUND

• Grandizio LC, Foster BK, Klena JC. Telemedicine in Hand and Upper-Extremity Surgery. J Hand Surg Am. 2020 Mar;45(3):239-242. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2019.09.007. Epub 2019 Nov 9.

  PMID: 31718846 BACKGROUND

• Preston N, McHugh GA, Hensor EMA, Grainger AJ, O'Connor PJ, Conaghan PG, Stone MH, Kingsbury SR. Developing a standardized approach to virtual clinic follow-up of hip and knee arthroplasty. Bone Joint J. 2019 Aug;101-B(8):951-959. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.101B8.BJJ-2018-1566.R1.

  PMID: 31362551 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Patient Satisfaction; Athletic Injuries; Musculoskeletal Diseases

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior; Behavior; Wounds and Injuries

Limitations and Caveats

One of the limitations was the sample size. A second limitation was that we stopped recruitment at 90 patients because of time constraints instead of reaching the goal of 104 patients. A third limitation was the different methods which the virtual telemedicine visits took place. A fourth limitation was the different methods used to complete the surveys.

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Jonathan Wu
• Organization: Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation

wu.jonathan.g@gmail.com

6268227769

Study Officials

• John P Andrawis, M.D.

  Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Researcher

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 10, 2023
• First Posted: August 18, 2023
• Study Start: March 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2023
• Study Completion: January 24, 2024
• Last Updated: December 15, 2025
• Results First Posted: December 15, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Time Frame: information will be made available starting after publication. The information will be available for 3 years after publication.
• Access Criteria: Criteria include other researchers interested in patient reported outcomes, for analyses related to telemedicine. Study coordinator will review requests for more data.

Locations

US (1)