Distant Management of Crohn's Disease by Smartphones is Feasible and Effective Additionally it Reduces the Costs

Kocaeli University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Crohn Disease

Treatments: Other: real time online video visit

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04754620

KouTeleH001

Details and patient eligibility

About

Evaluation of the feasibility, acceptability, patient satisfaction and economic benefits of smartphone video-based telehealth in the management of Crohn's disease patients

Full description

Patients were examined by two gastroenterologists (HY, AED) either at a video conference based visit or face to face visit in outpatients clinics. We used the WhatsApp business application.The online visit notion was the same as traditional face-to-face visit except physical examination.

Enrollment: 139 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The study group included patients with documented Crohn's disease, based on clinical, endoscopic, and histologic findings
• Patient between 18-80 years old
• Participants who have been receiving treatment for more than six months

Exclusion criteria

• Patients were excluded from the study if they had no internet connection
• Unable to use smartphones because of blindness, deafness, or mental disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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139 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard face to face visit

No Intervention group

Description:

This group will receive a traditional outpatient visit

Online visit

Experimental group

Description:

This group will receive a smartphone-based real-time video conference visit

Treatment:

Other: real time online video visit