NCT05732922

ORCHARD- Optimising Home Assessment of Rural Patients

Optimising Remote Consulting and Home Assessment of Medically Vulnerable Rural Patients During Unscheduled and Planned Primary Care- Assessing Feasibility of the ORCHARD Intervention

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 12 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Aberdeen · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This project assesses feasibility of providing medically vulnerable rural patients with Medical-Self-Assessment-Boxes containing equipment to use at home during telephone and video consultations (telemedicine) with GPs and other healthcare professionals. COVID-19 has caused an upsurge in primary care telemedicine which the investigators believe can be sustained and optimized to make things better for medically vulnerable rural patients beyond the pandemic. The investigators will achieve this by equipping the participants to self-measure and report key clinical measurements (e.g. blood pressure, temperature, oxygen levels) during telemedicine consultations. Before conducting a major evaluation of the Medical-Self-Assessment-Box for medically vulnerable rural patients the investigators must establish three things: First, to show the investigators can issue a Medical-Self-Assessment-Box to medically vulnerable rural patients and enable them to use it properly. Second, to determine that patients can use the Medical-Self-Assessment-Box effectively during telemedicine consultations. Third, to show that it is possible to measure how well the Medical-Self-Assessment-Box is working by counting how often the boxes are being used and whether use is appropriate and helpful. The knowledge gained will provide the investigators with the information needed to develop a funding proposal to evaluate Medical-Self-Assessment-Boxes for medically vulnerable rural patients in the whole of the UK.

Conditions

• Organ Transplant
• Cancer
• Inborn Errors of Metabolism
• Immunosuppression
• COPD Asthma
• Sickle Cell Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	A sphygmanometer, a digital thermometer, a pulse oximeter and a peak flow meter will be given to participants to use during their telemedicine consultations with health care providers.	A sphygmanometer, a digital thermometer, a pulse oximeter and a peak flow meter will be given to participants in the intervention arm to use during their telemedicine consultations with health care providers.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-02-01
• Primary completion: 2023-08-31
• Completion: 2023-08-31
• First posted: 2023-02-17
• Last updated: 2025-03-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom