NCT02710799

Evaluation of the Effects of Teleconsultations on a Endocrinology Referral List

Evaluation of the Effectivity of Teleconsultations for Improving the Referrals From Primary Care to Specialized Care of Patients With Chronic Endocrinological Conditions

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 3,470 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is evaluate the effects of telephone teleconsultations to primary care physicians (compared to the state's referral protocol) in the referrals waiting list for endocrinological appointments.

Detailed description

Rio Grande do Sul state's referral list for endocrinology evaluation in specialized care is highly overloaded. There is currently a referral protocol to select patients how should be referred. It will be evaluated if a intervention of telephone-based teleconsultations provided by the TelessaúdeRS to the primary care physicians can provide additional benefits. TelessaúdeRS is a telehealth program from the University of Rio Grande do Sul. This will be evaluated in a cluster randomized clinical trial.

Conditions

• Diabetes Mellitus
• Hypothyroidism
• Hyperthyroidism
• Goiter
• Thyroid Nodule
• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Teleconsultation	The teleconsultations will be performed by medical doctors, mostly family physicians, but also internists and endocrinologists. The teleconsultations will follow a structured format to discuss some topics on the disease and access the relevant information (based on the state's protocols). The doubts from the primary care physician will be addressed.
OTHER	Protocol	The informations provided in the referral list will be evaluated through the state's referrals protocols.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-06-01
• Primary completion: 2016-06-01
• Completion: 2016-06-01
• First posted: 2016-03-17
• Last updated: 2016-08-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil