TELENeurological Support for Emergency Department
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Emergencies
- Neurologic Disorder
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: N/AIntervention Model: Single Group AssignmentMasking: None (Open Label)Primary Purpose: Other
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 125 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
The investigtors are going to perform an interventional, open-label study on the use of teleconsultation in the emergency department focused on neurological diseases other than stroke (for which a specific protocol already exists) in two Hospitals of Modena province, Italy. The study is aimed at dev...
The investigtors are going to perform an interventional, open-label study on the use of teleconsultation in the emergency department focused on neurological diseases other than stroke (for which a specific protocol already exists) in two Hospitals of Modena province, Italy. The study is aimed at developing a remote neurological consultancy system (teleconsultation) for patients with acute neurological symptoms in charge of hospital facilities without 24-hour availability of neurologist consultant. Pilot project setting: a) ED of Modena Policlinico Hospital in the afternoon, night, and public holidays, time windows in which the Neurologist consultant is not present at Policlinico Hospital; b) ED of Mirandola Hospital. The project (enrolment) is expected to be developed over a period of 6 months in which 100 patients will be enrolled. The primary objective is to assess whether a TeleNeurological Evaluation and Support for the Emergency Department can guarantee a faster but qualitatively not inferior diagnostic/therapeutic work-up if compared with in person examination, assuring the availability of all the necessary examinations and treatments with a consistent time reduction. Secondary objectives: to determine if the usage of a teleconsultation physician for neurological evaluation compared to a conventional physician "de visu" in urgent but non-life-threatening neurological cases, is superior regarding 1) effect evaluation, 2) process evaluation, and 3) cost-benefit analysis. Outcome and process indicators will be assessed and compared in the following groups: Experimental group (cases): a) patients who access the Policlinico Hospital ED in the afternoon and night-time and on holidays; b) patients who access the Mirandola Hospital ED during the period of the study. Control Groups: a) retrospectively collected data on neurological consultation performed by OCB Neurology for Policlinico Hospital patients in the same time slots in the same months of the last two years.; b) retrospectively collected data on neurological consultation performed by Carpi Neurology for Mirandola Hospital patients in the same time slots in the same months of the last two years.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04611295
- Collaborators
- Azienda USL Modena
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Antonio Luciani, MD Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico Modena