NCT05149417

Effect of Telemedecine on Post -Trauma Pain Medication Adherence .

Effect of Telemedecine on Post-trauma Pain Medication Adherence After Discharge From Emergency Departement

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,350 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Monastir · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The impact of telemonitoring on patients' adherence to post trauma pain treatment , their satisfaction and pain relief after discharge from the ED.

Detailed description

This is a prospective, multicenter, randomized trial . Participants are recruited from the emergency departement of Fattouma Bourguiba Monastir. This study is a seven day three-arm parallel group trial . Participants inculded are aged more than 16 years old who presented to the ED for minor trauma and discharged with analgesic treatment. They are randomized to one of two trial TM intervention groups (SMS and TM) or usual care group (control) in a 1 :1 :1 allocation ratio. For all inculded patients, demographic characteristics were collected as well as clinical examination findings. The interventional care provided at the ED was mentioned. At ED discharge the pain Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was evaluated and the analgesic treatment prescribed was noted.

Conditions

• Post-traumatic Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	SMS reminding	patients received SMS at day 2 , day 4 and day 7 after emergency departement discharge to remind them to take their treatment .
OTHER	telemonitoring	Patients received a phone call on day 2 and day 4 to evaluate the adherence , to detect any problem that can affect the adherence to the treatment and modify the analgesic protocol treatment if needed.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-08-21
• Primary completion: 2022-05-21
• Completion: 2022-07-31
• First posted: 2021-12-08
• Last updated: 2022-08-10

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Tunisia