The Safety And efficacy of digital telereView for the follow-up of patients with abdominal pain: a randomised-controlled trial (RCT) Evaluating the Doctorbell platform (SAVED trial)

Pilot prospective randomized controlled trial to assess feasibility of teleconsultation for the follow-up of patients with undifferentiated abdominal pain following discharge from Singapore General Hospital using the DoctorBell platform

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN28468556

Enrollment

160

Registered

2019-06-21

Start date

2017-08-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-06-08

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Conditions

Acute abdominal pain Signs and Symptoms

Interventions

Study population were patients with acute abdominal pain admitted to the ED observation ward (EOW) of a tertiary hospital in Singapore. Patients were considered for recruitment in this study at the po

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients with acute abdominal pain admitted to the ED observation ward (EOW) of a tertiary hospital in Singapore 2. Ability to read in English and operate messaging telephone applications such as WhatsApp

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Below 21 years of age 2. Pregnant 3. Prisoners 4. Cognitively impaired

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Service utilisation measured in terms of patient usage of follow-up telereview service at 48-72 hours (whether telephone-based or digital telereview)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Safety measured in terms of re-presentation to the emergency department within 72 hours and within 2 weeks 2. Efficacy measured in terms of patient compliance to the final disposition plan. For patients who did not receive telereview, final disposition plan was that given at the point of discharge from the ED i.e. self-management and monitoring at home (that was accompanied by routine education regarding red flags that should prompt telereview and/or re-presentation). For patients who received telereview, final disposition plan was that given after telereview i.e. whether to continue self-management at home or re-present at the ED. Measured at 2 weeks.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Safety measured in terms of re-presentation to the emergency department within 72 hours and within 2 weeks 2. Efficacy measured in terms of patient compliance to the final disposition plan. For patients who did not receive telereview, final disposition plan was that given at the point of discharge from the ED i.e. self-management and monitoring at home (that was accompanied by routine education regarding red flags that should prompt telereview and/or re-presentation). For patients who received telereview, final disposition plan was that given after telereview i.e. whether to continue self-management at home or re-present at the ED. Measured at 2 weeks.

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Countries

Singapore

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 18, 2026