Tele-patient-reported Outcomes (telePRO) in Clinical Practice

University of Aarhus

Status: Completed

Conditions: Epilepsy

Treatments: Other: Open Access telePRO; Other: Standard telePRO

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT02673580

TELEPRO

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to compare quality of care and patient experiences in two outpatients follow-up activities: 1) Standard telePRO (fixed interval telePRO follow-up) and 2) Open Access telePRO (patient-initiated telePRO follow-up)

Full description

The traditional system of routine outpatient follow-up of chronic disease in secondary care may involve a waste of resources if patients are well. The use of patient-reported outcomes (PRO) could support more flexible, cost-saving follow-up activities. AmbuFlex is a PRO system used in outpatient follow-up in the Central Denmark Region. PRO questionnaires are sent to patients at fixed intervals. The clinicians use the PRO data to decide whether a patient needs a visit or not (standard telePRO). PRO may make patients become more involved in their own care pathway, which may improve their self-management. Better self-management may also be achieved by letting patients initiate contact. The aim of this study is to obtain data on the effects of patient-initiated follow-up (open access telePRO) on resource utilisation, quality of care, and the patient perspective.

Enrollment: 593 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Males and females from Age 15 years
• Diagnosis of epilepsy
• Referred to standard telePRO by a clinician
• Access to internet (web-responders in standard telePRO)
• Can speak and understand Danish

Exclusion criteria

• Paper responders
• Referred to telePRO proxy questionnaire

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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593 participants in 2 patient groups

Open Access telePRO

Other group

Description:

Intervention: In open access, contact to the outpatient clinic is initiated by the patient by filling in a PRO questionnaire.

Treatment:

Other: Open Access telePRO

Standard telePRO

Other group

Description:

No intervention: In standard telePRO, outpatient follow-up activity is determined by a clinician and patients receive a questionnaire at fixed intervals.

Treatment:

Other: Standard telePRO