Digital Outpatient Services

University of Oslo (UIO)

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Epilepsy; Cancer; Long Term Pain; Interstitial Lung Disease

Treatments: Other: Dignio Digital Remote Care intervention group; Other: Usual Care Control group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05068869

21/06826

Details and patient eligibility

About

More people are living with chronic or long-term disorders together and they live longer, which gives an increase in patients who need health services. Seen in the context of the shorter lengths of stay, and the outpatient clinics' increasing responsibility, there is a need to increase outpatient capacity without leading to more patient readmissions. Further, new services should take into account the patients capacity to benefit from the services, and their level of health literacy is crucial. By developing new services using technology, patients will be able to be followed up closely in their own home with adapted treatment and information, a closer dialogue with the health service where there is a need, and the utilization of scarce resources in the health care system can increase.

The aim of the current study is to evaluate a digital outpatient clinic, and assess any differences over time in health literacy, digital health literacy, quality of life and overall satisfaction with the outpatient services. Furthermore, the investigators will assess the intervention group's satisfaction with the digital outpatient clinic. In addition, the digital services will be tailored and revised throughout the study based on continuous feedback and iterative processes.

The current study is a pragmatic controlled multicenter study with two study arms; one control arm and one intervention arm. In total, eligible participants will be recruited from one of four centers.

Enrollment: 180 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients attending the study centers that are cognitively able to use a digital outpatient service with no major conflicting disorders, with one of the following disorders:
• cancer
• epilepsy
• interstitial lung disease
• long-term complex pain conditions

Exclusion criteria

• under the age of 18
• any mental or cognitive conditions interfering with their ability to participate

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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180 participants in 2 patient groups

Dignio Digital Remote Care intervention group

Other group

Description:

Participants will receive the MyDignio app for individualized follow-up for 6 months.

Treatment:

Other: Dignio Digital Remote Care intervention group

Usual Care Control group

Other group

Description:

Participants in the control group will receive follow-up at the outpatient clinic as per their needs.

Treatment:

Other: Usual Care Control group