None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This study aims to explore if a telehealth rehabilitation consultation is useful to follow up patients with injury from road accidents after hospital discharge. All patients will receive a telehealth consultation with a rehabilitation physician and allied health professional (1-3 weeks after discharge), to identify rehabilitation needs and receive referral to community-based rehabilitation services. Patients will be followed up at 1 month and 3 months to see how many had rehabilitation needs identified during telehealth consultation and their levels of acceptance/satisfaction with the telehealth consultation.
Interventions
Participants will receive a telehealth consultation with a rehabilitation physician and allied health professional 1-3 weeks following discharge. During this consultation an assessment will be conducted to identify if there are any rehabilitation needs and rehabilitation plan will be developed. The consultation will take approx. 30 minutes. Following the consultation referrals will be made to local services for rehabilitation follow up e.g. physiotherapy, occupational therapy or psychology.
Sponsors
St Vincent's Hospital
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Single group
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
- >18 years of age - Admitted to St Vincent’s Hospital Acute Trauma Service with injuries as a direct result of road trauma. (NB. ‘Road trauma’ may include motorcycle, motor vehicle collisions, pedestrian, and pedal cycle trauma).
Exclusion criteria
- Severe traumatic brain injury - Spinal cord injury - Inability to communicate in English - Deafness - No internet access (via computer, tablet or phone) - Already having been consulted by a rehabilitation physician and/or referred for formal rehabilitation services during admission
Outcome results
None listed