NCT01240239

Comparison of Telemedicine Evaluation to Standard Evaluation Methods for Pre-Anesthesia Consultation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 200 (actual)
• Sponsor: Loma Linda University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 89 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate different methods of pre-anesthesia consultation, with the aim of improving the day of surgery experience for the patient. In this study, we will use a telephone consultation, an in-person consultation, and a telemedicine consultation, which involves television cameras and monitors that allow live two-way communication for the pre-anesthesia consultation. The reason for this study is to evaluate the use of telemedicine for the pre-anesthesia consultation. Patients and anesthesiologists have been highly satisfied in previous studies using pre-anesthesia telemedicine consultation. In this study, we will examine a larger group of patients, as previous studies have studied smaller groups of patients.

Conditions

• ENT Patients Scheduled for Surgery

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-01-01
• Primary completion: 2013-09-01
• Completion: 2013-09-01
• First posted: 2010-11-15
• Last updated: 2016-11-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States