NCT04806477

Diagnostic Accuracy Comparison Between Telemedicine and Face-to-face Consultations in Respiratory Infection Patients.

Randomized Trial of Diagnostic Accuracy of Medical Evaluation by Telemedicine Compared to Face-to-face Medical Evaluation in an Emergency Care Unit in Immunocompetent Adult Patients With Symptoms Suggestive of Acute Airway Infection

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 98 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a randomized study that sought to analyze the diagnostic accuracy of the telemedicine consultation of patients suspected of respiratory tract infections during COVID-19 pandemic in comparison with the face-to-face evaluation at the emergency department.

Detailed description

Unicentric, prospective and randomized study performed between September and November 2020 with adult patients who sought care at emergency department. The inclusion criterion was the exhibition of any tract respiratory symptom. Patients older than 65 years, with chronic heart or lung diseases or immunosuppressed were excluded. Eligible patients were randomized 1:1 for a brief telemedicine consultation, blinded to subsequent face-to-face evaluation or direct face-to-face evaluation.

Conditions

• Respiratory Tract Infections

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Telemedicine Consultation	Brief telemedicine consultation, blinded to subsequent face-to-face evaluation.
OTHER	Face-to-face Consultation	Direct face-to-face evaluation (without telemedicine consultation before).

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-09-01
• Primary completion: 2020-11-01
• Completion: 2020-11-01
• First posted: 2021-03-19
• Last updated: 2021-08-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil