NCT02382302

Research to Evaluate Efficiency in U-health Solution Service for the Chronic Wound Management

A Smart Phone-based Tele-consultation System in the Management of Chronic Pressure Ulcer

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: Chan-Yeong Heo · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This trial is a prospective research to evaluate efficiency in U-health solution service based on Mobile for the chronic wound management.

Detailed description

This trial conducted to assess the efficiency of teleconsultation using the smart-phone-based store-and-forward system in promoting the wound healing process as well as cost-effectiveness in patients with pressure ulcer.

Conditions

• Pressure Ulcer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Telemedicine system	The data such as photographs can be collected simply using built-in cameras installed in smart-phones that used the standard touch-screen user interface (UI) and camera installed in the iPhone3GS and iPhone4 using iOS 3.0 and iOS 5.0, respectively. Subjects were instructed to transmit the photographs of the wounds then investigator performed the photography in such a manner that the size of pressure ulcer should be automatically measured based on a 1 cm x 1 cm-sized indicator on the screen.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-07-01
• Primary completion: 2012-01-01
• Completion: 2012-02-01
• First posted: 2015-03-06
• Last updated: 2015-03-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea