M16 M17
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Participants in the intervention group have to complete (on top of the baseline questionnaire during hospital stay) four follow-up questionnaires, at month 1, 3 and 6, and a final follow-up 1
Sponsors
Fachgebiet Management im GesundheitswesenTechnische Universität Berlin
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Eligible for this study are all patients with primary elective TKR/THR above the age of 18 having a scheduled surgery between October 2019 and October 2020 and having direct or indirect access to an e-mail account.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria for participation are emergencies (e.g., femoral fracture), patients with ASA classification 4-6 (4 - patient with life-threatening disease, 5 - moribund patient who is unlikely to survive without surgery, 6 - deceased patient with confirmed brain death, or organ donor), and patients younger than 18 years. Additionally, patients without direct or indirect access to an e-mail account are excluded from the study due to practical reasons. E-mail addresses from relatives are accepted. All patients who deny participation will not be included in the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome of the study is to investigate cost efficiency, thus the optimization of outcome quality compared to the resource utilization of the designed intervention. Outcome quality is defined as a composite measure of PROMs and clinical outcome measures. Utilized resources are direct and follow-up health care cost of the procedures and cost of implementing the designed intervention. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcomes include the improvement of functionality of the patient reflected by the KOOS-PS/HOOS-PS, of medium to long-term health-related quality of life evaluated by the EQ-5D-5L, of pain in knee, hip and lower back, of satisfaction with treatment outcome and of clinical outcome measures like post-operative revision and reoperation rates. Furthermore, these analyses will be repeated with subgroups, built by age, sex, baseline PROM scores, etc. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactLaura Oschmann
Department of Health Care Management Berlin University of Technology
Outcome results
None listed